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Bowl
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Bowl

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 9 3/8 in. (8.9 x 23.8 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan A. Kaplan
Terms
    Object number85.0071
    DescriptionThis beautifully painted bowl is decorated with the head variant or portrait glyphs of eight of the major deities of the Classic Maya pantheon. Included are the Hero Twins, as well as a pair of gods known as Jaguar Paddler and Stingray Paddler, who were responsible for paddling a canoe containing the Maize Deity from the Underworld to the place of his rebirth. The iconography on this bowl suggests that it was part of the funerary goods of a person of high status, made to accompany him or her in their journey after death.
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