Effigy Vessel

12704

From: Guatemala | St. Lucia Cozumahualpa | Department of Escuintla

Curatorial Section: American

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Object Number 12704
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maya
Provenience Guatemala | St. Lucia Cozumahualpa | Department of Escuintla
Culture Area Central American
Date Made ca. 1200
Section American
Materials Pigment
Iconography Human
Description

Image of man with bowl. See #12601.

Large, in round. Seated hollow large figure with large bowl held between legs. Bowl with relief spikes. Traces of eroded paint. 2 small headless relief animals at hands. large animal like ears. Partly resotred, 1938. Bears label Republica de Guatemala; Exposicion Historico Americano de Madrid.

Height 50 cm
Length 35 cm
Width 35 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Sr. Perez, Ecuadorian Commissioner, World's Columbian Exposition; Subscription of Charles H. Cramp, 1893

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