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Source Description
On the swelling organic form of a gourd, the artist incised curved forms that give the viewer an impression of a monstrous animal. While very abstracted, the design is the head of a crocodilian creature. The stylized and simplified decoration recalls not only hieroglyphs but also the woven patterns of Maya blouses, which serve to identify their wearers’ towns of origin even to the present day.
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80429
label
Gourd-Shaped Bowl
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80429
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object
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normalized
title
Gourd-Shaped Bowl
description
On the swelling organic form of a gourd, the artist incised curved forms that give the viewer an impression of a monstrous animal. While very abstracted, the design is the head of a crocodilian creature. The stylized and simplified decoration recalls not only hieroglyphs but also the woven patterns of Maya blouses, which serve to identify their wearers’ towns of origin even to the present day.
provenance
J. Guy Puerto [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1961, by purchase; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 2017.
date
450-650 CE (Middle Classic)
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CC0
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en
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Ceramics
bowls (vessels)
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cm
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11.4
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13.5
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H: 4 1/2 x Diam: 5 5/16 in. (11.43 x 13.46 cm)
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Maya
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earthenware, burnished slip, with incising
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AME
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2988
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