New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Cylinder Vase with Processional Figures

Artist Unknown

CultureMaya | Peten | Guatemalan

DateLate Classic Period (600-900)

MediumPolychromed terra cotta

DimensionsOverall: 7 x 4 in. (17.8 x 10.2 cm)

Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman

Object number84.347

Collections

Ancient American Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105

DescriptionCylinder vase painted red, gray and black on pale orange ground. Anthropomorphic processional figures dressed as monkey and anteater with headdresses with black plumes, wearing red shawls; horizontal and vertical blocks of glyphs above and between figures, black rim band, interior canopy, basal band.