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

Covered Tripod Bowl

Artist Unknown

CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian

Date200-500

MediumTerracotta

DimensionsOverall: 11 in. (27.9 cm)

Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number78.523

Collections

Ancient American Art

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105

DescriptionCovered tripod bowl. Brown terracotta. Covered lid is decorated with quetzal bird figure. Incised decoration on feet. Very thin walls. Teotihuacan-style feet.

Published ReferencesA.V. Kidder, _Art of the Ancient Maya_, 1959, p. 54 for similar bowl.