Pre-Hispanic Collection
Bowl with Jaguar Pelt Designs
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0252
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: FLAAR
02 Object Information
- Description
- Tripod polychrome bowl with flaring walls, a flat base, and conical supports. The exterior is decorated with three panels resembling jaguar skin, separated by pairs of vertical red bands containing white circles. Each panel features a glyph set within a medallion.Stylistically, the vessel may originate from the frontier zone between the Maya lowlands and highlands along a tributary of the Chixoy River, possibly associated with the Cancuén region.
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.)
- Provenance
- Maya Lowlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay
- Technique
- Modeled, Painting, Slip
- Dimensions
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
- Publications
