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Bowl
Maya
Late Classic Period
A.D. 600–750
Object Place: Campeche, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Earthenware with orange and black on cream slip decoration
Dimensions
Overall: 14.3 x 17.8 cm (5 5/8 x 7 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Lavinia and Landon T. Clay
Accession Number2003.776
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramics – Pottery – Earthenware
Deer-hunting scenes simply may depict sporting events, but most likely refer to myths concerning the Sun god or the wife of the Maize god, both of whom are intimately associated with deer in contemporary Maya tales.
DescriptionBowl depicting a hunt scene.
ProvenanceBy about the late 1970s, Lavinia and Landon T. Clay, New Hampshire; 2003, year-end gift of Lavinia and Landon T. Clay to the MFA. (Accession Date: January 21, 2004)