Jar with Jaguar and Hunter
Artist
Maya artist(s)
CultureMaya
OriginHonduras
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date700-800
MediumEarthenware, red pigment, black pigment, orange pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 14.6 x 15.6 cm (5 3/4 x 6 1/8 in.)
DescriptionMaya (Honduran) painted vessel, Late Classic period, the front moulded with the head of an owl and the back has a crawling figure of the god Ninnet. It is painted in black and brownish-orange on a cream ground.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.144
Classifications
Ancestral AbiayalaSub-classification
MesoamericaCollections
Status
Not on view
Artist / Maker: Nicoya artist(s)
1200-1400
Object number: G83.1.147
