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

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (8.9 x 39.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoetzer
Terms
    Object number86.0199
    DescriptionLarge plates such as this one were made to hold tamales and other sacred foods for feasts and funerary offerings. The image on this plate of a masked man wearing a full jaguar pelt and carrying a staff or spear suggests a ruler or court dancer in full, high-status regalia. The loose lines of the figural art on this piece are characteristic of polychrome pottery from Campeche.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Artist Unknown
    ca. 1830
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Adolf de Meyer
    1908
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jacopo Palma il Vecchio
    ca. 1510
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 500-1000
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Antonio Beato
    late 19th to early 20th century (printed 1992)
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    James Craig Annan
    October 1899