Plate
Artist
Unknown
CultureMexican | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic | Paint
DimensionsOverall: 2 1/4 x 14 1/4 in. (5.7 x 36.2 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman
Object number84.355
Not on view
DescriptionLarge plate, painted in red, black and gray on orange ground. Within black circular band is stylized head of Choc, the Rain God. Tendrils with blossoms emerge from his head, as well as feathered appendages. Red rim band and wide interior band containing glyph sequences and temple forms; kill hole.Published ReferencesAndrew Finegold, _Vital Voids: Cavities and Holes in Mesoamerican Material Culture_ (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2021) 40, fig. 3.3(e).
Pre-Classic Period
Unknown
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