Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back
Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back
Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back
Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back

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Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back,

ca. 500 CE

Maya
Middle Classic Period
L.1974.13

Information

Title
Mutilated captive with swollen eye and wrists bound behind back
Dates

ca. 500 CE

Medium
Orangeware ceramic
Dimensions
h. 10.6 cm., w. 7.0 cm., d. 7.7 cm. (4 3/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Promised bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
L.1974.13
Place Made

North America, Maya area

Marks/Labels/Seals
Painted on bottom of foot: 707 Tape on bottom [Collector number]: 732
Culture
Maya
Period
Middle Classic
Type
figurines, ceramics
Materials
ceramic
Subject
prisoners, torturing, figures (representations)

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