Cylindrical vessel · Mexico, Maya · ID: 3033103
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Provenance
Richard Gill, Orlando, USA (before 2006)Size
H: 12,5 cm
D: 14,5 cm
H: 4.9 inch
D: 5.7 inch
Description
fired clay, orange red coating, areas of exposed stucco, cartouches incised with head, min. dam., slight traces of abrasion;
the Maya is a Mesoamerican civilization, noted for the only known fully developed written language of the pre-Columbian Americas, as well as for its art, architecture, and mathematical and astronomical systems.