Burial Urn

600-850 CE (Late Classic)

67.4 cm 55.8 cm 57.9 cm

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Large, lidded urns were unique to the K'iche' Maya of southern Guatemala. The urns contained the remains of important individuals who either were placed in the urn as a tightly wrapped bundle or as a secondary burial of the remaining bones. A few have reportedly been found bur...

Sculpture

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80196
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Stendahl Galleries, Los Angeles [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; John G. Bourne, 1970s, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 2009, by gift.
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