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Art of the Ancient Americas
Fragmentary cylinder vessel,
650–750
Maya
Late Classic Period
2016-1232
Information
Title
Fragmentary cylinder vessel
Dates
650–750
Medium
Ceramic with yellow-orange, black, orange, red, and gray-white slip
Dimensions
h. 20, diam. 17.2 cm (7 7/8 × 6 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1232
Place Made
North America, Guatemala, Petén, Maya area, Hiix Wits or vicinity
Place Excavated
North America, Mexico, Campeche, Maya area, reportedly found on Jaina Island
Reference Numbers
K5506
MS1408
LC-cb2-384 (Maya Photographic Archive, Dumbarton Oaks)
MS1408
LC-cb2-384 (Maya Photographic Archive, Dumbarton Oaks)
Culture
Period
Subject
Exhibited at the Grolier Club (Bibliophilic Club in New York, NY) in 1971. Acquired by Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ, by 1974 [1]; promised bequest to the Princeton University Art Museum, 2016. [1] According to dated slides. [2] Griffin lent the work to the Museum in 1974 (L.1974.37).
- Michael D. Coe, The Maya Scribe and His World (New York: The Grolier Club, 1973)., cat. no. 57, 117 (illus.)
- Bryan R. Just, Dancing into Dreams: Maya Vase Painting of the Ik' Kingdom (Princeton, Princeton University Art Museum, 2012)., fig. 71a, p. 137
- Sarah Nunberg, "New Insights from Conservation and Materials Analysis of Maya Vases at Princeton," in Dancing into Dreams, Maya Vase Painting of the Ik' Kingdom, ed. Bryan R. Just (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum, 2012): 220-235., fig. 167 (illus.)
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Nicholas Carter, Stephen D. Houston, and Franco D Rossi, eds. The Adorned Body: Mapping Ancient Maya Dress, (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2020)
, Figs. 2.8b, 11.10 (illus.)
