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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Bowl
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.

Bowl

Artist Unknown
CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 2 x 12 1/2 in. (5.1 x 31.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Leroy J. Pearlman
Object number83.640
Not on view
DescriptionLarge bowl, in dimple base which has been painted in red and black on pale orange ground; wide rim band with a circling inner band composed of rectangular blocks and diamonds, with reserve black ground; tondo is painted with simplified and stylized mask panel in black and red. Large kill hole in the center.

Published ReferencesAndrew Finegold, _Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture_ (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021) 40, fig. 3.3(d).
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
300-600
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
Late Classic Period (600-900)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
19th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
600-900
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2018
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
15th century
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Unknown
600-900
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
Unknown
600-900