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Spouted Jar
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Spouted Jar

Artist/Maker (El Salvador and Honduras)
Dateca. 300 BCE-400 CE
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 6 3/4 x 9 3/8 x 8 5/8 in. (17.1 x 23.8 x 21.9 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Jose Roberto Rivas, Donaldo Vela and Ricardo Monterrosa
Terms
    Object number86.0095
    DescriptionThe Lenca people of El Salvador and central-western Honduras were highly influenced by the Maya city-states around them. Throughout Mesoamerica people practiced feasting as a means of social negotiation, and large spouted jars such as this one have been found to contain the residue of a spicy chocolate drink, used in feasts and ceremonies.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lenca
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 700-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Rodrigo Abd
    2003
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 650-750
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Lenca
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Teotihuacán
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
    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
    Berenice Abbott
    1936 (printed 1979)