'Kneeling Warrior' Effigy Jar
Artist
Unknown Artist
CultureMaya
OriginPacific Coast (Suchiate River Valley), Mexico
PeriodTerminal Classic Period (850-1000 CE)
Date850-950
MediumEarthenware, orange slip, pigment, and hand-built.
DimensionsOverall: 28 x 23 x 21 cm (11 x 9 1/16 x 8 1/4 in.)
DescriptionMaya plumbate kneeling warrior vessel, Epiclassic period, on his left knee, holding a pointed club near his thigh. There is a rectangular incised and plumed (?) shield at the side, and the right hand is holding another pointed club and resting on his raised right knee. The vessel has a block-like head with tubular projecting eyes and rectangular mouth, and is wearing loin-cloth, shirt, and necklace incised and tied at the back. Areas of gold leaf remaining on his head.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.121
Classifications
Ancient AmericasSub-classification
MesoamericaStatus
On view
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.43.1 - 2
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
650-750
Object number: G83.1.113
Artist / Maker: Unknown Artist
100-300
Object number: G83.1.187
Artist / Maker: Bow Porcelain Works
c.1765
Object number: G83.1.856.1-2
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1741; decorated in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.942
Artist / Maker: Meissen Porcelain Manufactory
c.1740-1745; decorated and possibly made in the nineteenth or twentieth century
Object number: G83.1.943.1-2
