Rollout Drawing of Carved Bowl Attributed to Eastern Coast of Yucatan

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on mylar with typed annotations pasted onto mylar
Object Dimensions
11 x 17 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-5511
Annotations
Pot Carved Bowl Quintana Roo E.C. Merseyside County Museum, Liverpool
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 280, Plate 106

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Site Found
Quintana Roo?
Geographic Region
Mexico, Yucatan peninsula, Eastern coast?
Chronological Period
Early Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Medium
Carved ceramic
Subject Type
Bowl
Subject Dimensions
dia 20.3 x h 17 cm
Subject Institution/ Collection
Merseyside County Museums, Liverpool, England
Description

Iconography carved on lid of brownware bowl recovered from mound on Rio Hondo, just north of Belize border. The scenes divide into repeating halves by Waterlily Monsters. Two dead individuals cling to a water band along which Vision Serpents curl.

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