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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: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (19.1 x 26 x 23.2 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Jose Roberto Rivas, Donaldo Vela and Ricardo Monterrosa
Terms
    Object number86.0094
    DescriptionThe Lenca people lived in eastern El Salvador and central-western Honduras and were independent of the Maya city-states around them. They lived in advanced chiefdoms and traded with many cultural groups from Mesoamerica. Large spouted jars such as this one have been found to contain the residue of a frothy chocolate drink used in feasts and ceremonies. This chocolate vessel is decorated with a human head.
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    Lenca
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 700-900
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 650-750
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    Rodrigo Abd
    2003
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
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    Artist Unknown
    20th century
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    C Painter
    ca. 570-565 BCE
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    Lenca
    ca. 1000-1550
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    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
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    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 500-1000
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    Bamileke people
    not dated