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Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Vase with Dancing Animal Deities
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.
Photograph by Ed Pollard, Hasselblad H4D50 - 2018.

Vase with Dancing Animal Deities

Artist Unknown
CulturePre-Columbian | Maya | Guatemalan
DateLate Classic Period (600-900)
MediumPolychromed terra cotta
DimensionsOverall: 9 in. (22.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.402
On View
Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 105, Case 10
DescriptionPolychrome vase depicting dancing animal deities, including a monkey with a red shawl.

Exhibition History"Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Israel Museum, The Maremont Pavilion of Ethnic Arts, Jerusalem, Spring 1982. "Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics," The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, Oct. 28 - Dec. 18, 1983. Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of Maya Ceramics_ (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 8, p. 28-29.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Late Classic Period (600-900)
Color corrected by Pat Cagney.
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Late Classic (600-900)
Image scanned and/or photographed, then color-corrected by Pat Cagney.
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Classic Period (600)
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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Classic period [200-900]
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
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post-Classic period
New photography by Pat Cagney captured with a digital camera.
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750-850
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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100-300 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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1300-1500 A.D.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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Post Classic Period
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2007.
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