Pre-Hispanic Collection
Zoomorphic Plate with Movable Bird Head
IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0482
Category Pots and Containers
01 Photograph Gallery
Photo credits: FLAAR
02 Object Information
- Description
Zoomorphic tripod plate made of black ceramic with a composite silhouette, decorated medial flange, convex base, and conical supports. It represents the body of a bird with a movable head attached to the rim, featuring a crest, long closed beak, open eyes, nostrils formed by two perforations, a bulging neck, and wings integrated into the vessel wall.
* Presents Traces of red paint or hematite.
- Period
- CLASSIC (150/200 A.D.-900 A.D.) Early Classic (150/200- 650 AD).
- Provenance
- Guatemalan Highlands
- Medium / Material
- Clay, Hematite
- Technique
- Incised, Modeled, Painting, Slip
- Dimensions
03 References and Exhibitions
- References to similar objects
- Exhibitions
- Publications
