01 Photograph Gallery

02 Object Information

Description

Polychrome plate with divergent wall and ringed base. decorated with the image of a bird that covers almost all the bottom.

The bird, outlined in black, has a crest and extended, decorated wings. An elongated element on the beak could identify it as a Crested Guan (Crax rubra). However other biologists interpret the image as the representation of a female crested guan (Penelope purpurascens).

A black concentrical band and line, above and below the lip of the plate, surrounds the image.

Period

CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Late Classic (650-900 AD).

Provenance

Maya Lowlands

Medium / Material

Clay

Technique

Modeled, Painting, Slip

Dimensions

Height: 6 cm
Diameter:30 cm

03 References and Exhibitions

References to similar objects

Exhibitions

1. On loan at the Miraflores Museum (from 2009 to September 26, 2018)

2. “PRE-COLUMBIAN BIODIVERSITY, THE MYSTERIES OF THE JUNGLE II. Spanish Cooperation Training Center, Antigua Guatemala (December 18, 2023- May 30, 2024)

Publications

1. “Miraflores Exhibits La Ruta Maya Collection.” Siglo XXI Newspaper. Wednesday June 24. 2009. Page 8.