Vase

89-3-1

From: Guatemala | San Agustin Acasaguastlan

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 89-3-1
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maya
Provenience Guatemala | San Agustin Acasaguastlan
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Ceramic
Description

Highly polished very black ware. Small olla, relatively high with short plain cylindrical neck and slightly everted thick rim. Flat round base. Relatively thick ware. Broad band of molded low relief decoration around body; recessed parts filled with whitish-pink plaster. Two stylized recumbent figures with large profile faces, two arms and one leg.

Length 6 cm
Width 4.5 cm
Credit Line Purchased from Lilly de Jongh Osborne, 1956
Other Number L-147-1 - Old Museum Number

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