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Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid
Figure of a seated warrior
Photographer: Toni Hafkenscheid

Figure of a seated warrior

Artist
CultureMaya
OriginJaina Island, Mexico
PeriodLate Classic Period (600-850 CE)
Date650-750
MediumEarthenware with pigment, including Maya blue
DimensionsOverall: 12.9 x 12.7 cm (5 1/16 x 5 in.)
DescriptionMaya seated aged warrior figure, Jaina, Late Classic period, holding a circular shield against his right leg, and his left arm resting on his raised knee and is draped by a cloak. He has a jovial expression with a large open mouth showing two remaining teeth. The figure has sunken cheeks, small squinting eyes, and wrinkled forehead, and is wearing sashed loin-cloth, with plaits down his chest and short beard. The paint is red, yellow and blue pigment.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.125
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Mesoamerica
Collections
Status
On view
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