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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Chamá Vase, Killer Bats
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Chamá Vase, Killer Bats

Artist Unknown
CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date700-800
MediumCeramic | Polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.416
On View
Not on view
DescriptionChama vase depicting killer bats.

Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of May Ceramics_, (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 22, p. 52-53.