Bowl with costumed figure
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginBelize
PeriodEarly Classic Period (250/300-600 CE)
Date450-550
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 9 x 28 cm (3 9/16 x 11 in.)
DescriptionMaya polychrome dish with dancing figure, Early Classic period. The tondo has a standing personage wearing a plumed headdress and wide sash with long tassels. The exterior has an angular fret and step motif. It is painted in black and deep brownish-orange on a pale orange ground.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.139
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.59
Artist / Maker: Nayarit artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
