Cylinder vessel with dancing maize gods and dwarfs
Cylinder vessel with dancing maize gods and dwarfs

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Cylinder vessel with dancing maize gods and dwarfs,

600–800

Maya (Holmul-Dancer style)
Late Classic Period
y1981-19

Information

Title
Cylinder vessel with dancing maize gods and dwarfs
Dates

600–800

Medium
Fine light brown ceramic, white slip exterior, two shades of red for decoration on exterior, and some black
Dimensions
h. 26.8, diam. 14.2 cm (10 9/16 × 5 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Leonard H. Bernheim Jr., Class of 1959
Object Number
y1981-19
Place Made

North America, Guatemala, Petén, Maya area, Naranjo or vicinity

Reference Numbers
MS0708
LC-cb2-409 (Maya Photographic Archive, Dumbarton Oaks)
Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
vessels (containers), ceramics
Materials
slip, ceramic
Subject
animals, gods, figures (representations), mythology, hieroglyphics

Gift of Leonard H. Bernheim Jr. (d. 2000) to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1981.

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