Unknown Provenance, Vessel (PNK: K0530)

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Maya Artefact
Bemerkung: Original comment from Justin Kerr: Kerr Number: 530; Vase Type: Polychrome; Figure Count: 14; Height: 24 cm; Diameter: 16.7 cm; Publications: Coe 78 The Lords of the Underworld; Comments: 4 toothless old deities prepare for a ceremony to Itzamná. 2 will take enemas, 1 is inhaling drugs,the last looks like he is applying make-up while looking into a mirror, all to the accompaniment of musicians; Iconographic Elements: Female, Birds, Conch shell, Enema scene or apparatus, God D, Itzamnah, God N, Inscription - other text, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Mirror, Musicians, Primary Standard Sequence

Object Details

• Location: Maya Image Archive: Projekt "Textdatenbank und Wörterbuch des Klassischen Maya"; Universität Bonn - Abteilung für Altamerikanistik
• Other number(s): Kerr 530; K530 (Catalog number)
• Material/Technique: ceramic

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Archäologie ; Maya Kultur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Culture: Maya

Further information

• Last update: 05.03.2025, 4:09 PM CET