Cylinder Vase

650-800 CE (Late Classic)

14.7 cm 22.1 cm

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Three of the most prominent shamanic transformation spirits decorate this drinking vessel. Such pictorial programs featuring spirit companions frequently include short hieroglyphic phrases that name each being, the phrase beginning with the glyph u-way "his nagual/animal spiri...

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Private collection, Florida; Ron Messick Fine Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico; purchased by John G. Bourne, Sante Fe, 2001; given to John G. Bourne Foundation, 2002; given to Walters Art Museum, 2013.
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