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

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 800-1300
Mediumpottery
DimensionsOverall: 58 1/2 x 58 3/8 x 27 1/2 in. (148.6 x 148.3 x 69.9 cm)
ClassificationsFurnishings
Credit LineGift of Edward R. Roberts
Terms
    Object number2006.31.6
    DescriptionThis throne is a seat of authority and ancestral lineage of a Mayan Lord. Stylistically, it belongs to a period of early Maya art with some elements of Teothuacan influence, such as the mouthpiece of the large central mask, and to the Paison River region in the vicinity of the ancient Mayan city of Piedras Negras in present day Guatemala.
    On View
    Not on view
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    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 1000-1550
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    Bamileke people
    not dated
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    Benin Kingdom
    probably 19th century
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 900-1200
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    Charles Joseph Biederman
    1937
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    Luba people
    early 20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum
    late 15th-early 19th c.
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    18th century
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    Artist Unknown
    1st to 3rd century BCE
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    Artist Unknown
    not dated
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    Dogon people
    20th century
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    Artist Unknown
    not dated