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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Carved Vase in Chocholá Style
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Carved Vase in Chocholá Style

Artist Unknown
CultureMexican | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 in. (19.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.425
On View
On view
DescriptionCarved vase in the Chocola style, depicting a rather brutish-looking figure smoking.

Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of May Ceramics_, (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 31, p. 66-67.