Incised Maya Ware Effigy
Artist
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CultureGuatemala | Maya | Pre-Columbian
Date500-600
DimensionsOverall: 7 in. (17.8 cm)
Credit LineGift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number78.515
Not on view
DescriptionIncised Maya-ware effigy in two parts. Probably a dog, rather than a jaguar, with a snout, cloven hoofs and tail.Published ReferencesDockstader, _Indian Art in Middle America_; A.V. Kidder, _Ancient Art of the Maya_, 1959, p. 64, ill. 26 (for similar monkey effigy); Robert E. Smith, _Ceramic Sequence of Uaxactun, Guatemala_, 1955, Tulane University (illustrates similar "pisote", c. 400-500 AD)
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