Bowl

AD 550-850 (Late Classic)

16.5 cm 16 cm

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The shape of this vessel makes reference to the gourd which was, and remains today, the primary food-service and drinking container among the Maya and other Mesoamerican peoples. The painted bowl is decorated with four seated human figures. The black body-painting of some and...

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80185
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J. Guy Puerto [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1960, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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en
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4
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