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New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
Red-on-White Bowl, Head of Deity
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.
New photography by Shannon Ruff captured with a digital camera-2006.

Red-on-White Bowl, Head of Deity

Artist Unknown
CultureMexican | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date600-900
MediumCeramic | Polychrome
DimensionsOverall: 7 7/8 in. (20 cm)
Credit LineGift of Edwin Pearlman and Museum purchase
Object number86.447
Not on view
DescriptionPolychrome plate depicting deity head.

Published ReferencesMichael D. Coe, _Old Gods and Young Heroes: The Pearlman Collection of May Ceramics_ (Jerusalem: The Israel Museum, 1982), no. 53, p. 98-99.