Pre-Hispanic Collection
Vase Depicting a Procession Scene
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0342
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: FLAAR
02 Object Information
- Description
Small polychrome vessel (orange, black, red) decorated with a procession of three supernatural figures in animal forms. All three wear a red scarf, which identifies them as way or wahyis (supernatural alter egos).
Two of them wear jaguar masks with open eyes, flat noses, and open jaws displaying teeth. The third figure wears a tapir mask with open eyes and an open, tilted snout.
* Stylistically, it is associated with Tikal, although neutron activation analysis of the paste indicates Motul de San José as its origin, or place of manufacture.
- 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: 11 cm
Diameter: 10 cm
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
On loan to the Miraflores Museum (from 2009 until September 26, 2018)
- Publications
