1976.W.57 Stirrup-spout vessel (Peru, Chongoyape)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ceramics most closely associated with the Chavín style are monochromatic vessels with textured surfaces. Vessels of similar style have been found in the Chongoyape vicinity of the Lambayeque Valley as well as in the Jequetepeque and Zano valleys.
1967.9 Tripod metate with bird's head (Costa Rica, Greater Nicoya)
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NOTES
Greater Nicoya, 300–700 C.E., updated by KJones in TMS on 03/31/17.
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1964.24 Seated Bearded Man (Maya, Jaina, Campeche)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Probably a portrait of a Classic Maya nobleman, this figure wears a large shell on his chest. The Maya favored spiny oyster shells with bright red exteriors and lords often wore them on pilgrimages to important festivals. Maya weavers of the Classic period were famous throughout Mesoamerica for their cotton textiles.
1964.43.1 Tripod metate: snake's head projecting (Copan, Honduras)
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NOTES
250–800 C.E., NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
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1964.43.2 Roller (mano) for tripod metate (Copan, Honduras) copy
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250–800 C.E., NOT updated by KJones in TMS.
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1968.39.FA Wall panel depicting Ix K'an Bolon in ritual dress (Tabasco, Mexico, Maya)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Monumental Maya stone sculpture took the form of free-standing stela and plaza altars, or architectural door lintels and wall panels. The sculptures often combine an elaborate figural scene with hieroglyphic texts, which may appear both outside of and embedded within the figuration.
1972.10.A-B Lidded Bowl with a man riding a peccary (Campeche, Mexico, Maya)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The ancient Maya believed that the creator gods remade the cosmos on August 13, 3114 BCE, after a great flood destroyed the third creation.
1973.33 Tripod cylinder, carved: Enthroned Lord with glyphic text (Maya, Northern Maya lowlands)
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The relief carving on this tripod vessel depicts the noble patron worshiping before the World-Tree-of-the-Center, which displayed the severed head of First Father.