Beaker with hunting scene
Beaker with hunting scene
Beaker with hunting scene
Enema beaker
Beaker with hunting scene
Beaker with hunting scene
Beaker with hunting scene
Uk’ib (drinking cup) depicting a mythological scene

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Beaker with hunting scene,

ca. 500–550 CE

Maya
Middle Classic Period
y1986-36

Information

Title
Beaker with hunting scene
Dates

ca. 500–550 CE

Medium
Mold-made blackware ceramic
Dimensions
h. 17.7, diam. 13.5 cm (6 15/16 × 5 5/16 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase
Object Number
y1986-36
Place Made

North America, Guatemala, Esquintla, Maya area

Reference Numbers
K4599
MS2106
Culture
Maya
Period
Middle Classic
Type
carving, ceramics, beakers (drinking vessels)
Materials
ceramic
Techniques
molding
Subject
animals, figures (representations), hunting, men

[Joan Barist Primitive Art]; purchased by the Princeton University Art Museum, 1986.

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