Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face
Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face
Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face
Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face

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Art of the Ancient Americas

Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face,

600–900

Maya
Late Classic Period
y1967-147

Information

Title
Dish with a hieroglyph-like decoration of a combination hand and face
Dates

600–900

Medium
Gray ceramic with mineral inclusions and polychrome slip
Dimensions
h. 6.7, diam. 28.3 cm (2 5/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Thomas C. Roberts, Class of 1921, Mrs. Roberts, and Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
y1967-147
Place Made

North America, Mexico, Campeche, Maya area, Uaymil Island

Reference Numbers
MS2097
Culture
Maya
Period
Late Classic
Type
ceramics, dishes, polychrome
Materials
polychrome, slip, ceramic, pigment
Subject
hieroglyphics, faces, hands

Gift of Thomas C. Roberts, Mrs. Roberts, and Gillett G. Griffin to the Princeton University Art Museum, 1967 [1]. [1] This work was first lent to the Museum in 1966 (L. 1966.157).

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