Pre-Hispanic Collection
Mold for miniature effigy-vessel
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0539
Category Molds
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: Jorge Pérez de Lara
02 Object Information
- Description
Mold to manufacture a miniature effigy-vessel decorated with the face (carita) of a character with chubby cheeks and thick lips, wearing round earflares.
At the top, a small indentation for the vessel’s mouth.
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Late Classic (650-900 AD).
- Provenance
- Guatemalan Highlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Grooving, Incised, Modeled, Punctate, Worked
- Dimensions
Height: 5.8 cm
Width: 5.3
Thickness: 2.5 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
Molds in custody of La Ruta Maya Foundation
Molds in custody of the Aragón Maya Museum, Cobán, Alta Verapaz
- Exhibitions
- Publications
