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Title: Lidded tetrapod bowl with paddler and peccaries Date: 4th–5th century Geography: Mexico or Guatemala Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, cinnabar Dimensions: H. 12 × W. 11 1/4 × D. 11 1/4 in. (30.48 × 28.58 × 28.58 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, The Roberta Coke Camp Fund Accession Number: SL.2.2022.5.2 Carrying the day’s catch on his back, a lucky fisherman rows his small canoe through a mythical realm. The fisherman sports a flowerlike k’in, or "sun" sign, on his head and navigates waters lined by rows of flowers along the rim of the lid and the base of the bowl. Oddly enough, this aquatic landscape is supported on the flat noses of four peccaries, or wild pigs—terrestrial creatures that form the legs of the bowl. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820263

Title: Lidded tetrapod bowl with paddler and peccaries Date: 4th–5th century Geography: Mexico or Guatemala Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, cinnabar Dimensions: H. 12 × W. 11 1/4 × D. 11 1/4 in. (30.48 × 28.58 × 28.58 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Dallas Museum of Art, The Roberta Coke Camp Fund Accession Number: SL.2.2022.5.2 Carrying the day’s catch on his back, a lucky fisherman rows his small canoe through a mythical realm. The fisherman sports a flowerlike k’in, or "sun" sign, on his head and navigates waters lined by rows of flowers along the rim of the lid and the base of the bowl. Oddly enough, this aquatic landscape is supported on the flat noses of four peccaries, or wild pigs—terrestrial creatures that form the legs of the bowl. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820263

Title: Embracing couple Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 9 7/8 × W. 3 3/4 × D. 4 1/4 in. (25.1 × 9.5 × 10.8 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Katherine Margaret Kay Bequest Fund and New Endowment Fund Accession Number: SL.2.2022.6.1 Ceramic figurines provided artists with opportunities to depict lively, sometimes sexually suggestive mythical episodes. Women were depicted individually or interacting with others, including lecherous old men. The man lifting the skirt of a young woman here is both older and smaller than she, features intended to make his amorous approaches appear pathetic and humorous. A mouthpiece in the back turns these hollow figurines into whistles. Their pigments include Maya blue, obtained through the chemical combination of indigo with a special kind of clay. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820242

Title: Embracing couple Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 9 7/8 × W. 3 3/4 × D. 4 1/4 in. (25.1 × 9.5 × 10.8 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Katherine Margaret Kay Bequest Fund and New Endowment Fund Accession Number: SL.2.2022.6.1 Ceramic figurines provided artists with opportunities to depict lively, sometimes sexually suggestive mythical episodes. Women were depicted individually or interacting with others, including lecherous old men. The man lifting the skirt of a young woman here is both older and smaller than she, features intended to make his amorous approaches appear pathetic and humorous. A mouthpiece in the back turns these hollow figurines into whistles. Their pigments include Maya blue, obtained through the chemical combination of indigo with a special kind of clay. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820242

Title: Stela with mythological scene Date: 300 BCE–250 CE Geography: Mexico, Chiapas Culture: Maya Medium: Stone Dimensions: H. 77 15/16 × W. 46 7/16 × D. 16 9/16 in., 771.6 lb. (198 × 118 × 42 cm, 350 kg) Credit Line: Museo Arqueológico del Soconusco, Tapachula, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Accession Number: SL.2.2022.19.1 Maya gods and the myths associated with them were based on earlier traditions. On this relief panel, created in the centuries before the Classic period, are elements of a remarkably enduring myth about the origins of the world. At left, an upended crocodile becomes a lush tree. To the right, a figure holds up a vertical element on which a monstrous bird is perched. Perhaps a mythical hero or god, he has lost an arm, likely in confrontation with the bird. This conflict reappears many centuries later in the early colonial book known as the Popol Wuj. Despite this initial loss, the gods who became the sun and moon ultimately defeated the monstrous avian being, who had pretended to shine like the sun but shed only a dim light. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/854903

Title: Stela with mythological scene Date: 300 BCE–250 CE Geography: Mexico, Chiapas Culture: Maya Medium: Stone Dimensions: H. 77 15/16 × W. 46 7/16 × D. 16 9/16 in., 771.6 lb. (198 × 118 × 42 cm, 350 kg) Credit Line: Museo Arqueológico del Soconusco, Tapachula, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Accession Number: SL.2.2022.19.1 Maya gods and the myths associated with them were based on earlier traditions. On this relief panel, created in the centuries before the Classic period, are elements of a remarkably enduring myth about the origins of the world. At left, an upended crocodile becomes a lush tree. To the right, a figure holds up a vertical element on which a monstrous bird is perched. Perhaps a mythical hero or god, he has lost an arm, likely in confrontation with the bird. This conflict reappears many centuries later in the early colonial book known as the Popol Wuj. Despite this initial loss, the gods who became the sun and moon ultimately defeated the monstrous avian being, who had pretended to shine like the sun but shed only a dim light. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/854903

Title: Maize God Date: 715 Geography: Honduras, Copan Culture: Maya Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 35 1/16 × W. 22 1/4 × D. 11 13/16 in., 264.6 lb. (89 × 56.5 × 30 cm, 120 kg) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: British Museum, London Accession Number: SL.2.2022.10.2 The Maize God’s slender body and handsome face evoke the beauty of ripening corn. His head, like a maize cob, is elongated and mostly bald except for a thick brow surrounding the face and long locks growing from the crown, evoking corn silk. Abundant jewels enhance his gracious appearance and signal his preciousness. He has a youngster’s unblemished skin and was sometimes portrayed as a baby. Like a tender child, he demands constant attention and care, lest he die. Failure to appease the Maize God could bring hunger to families and entire communities. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820270

Title: Maize God Date: 715 Geography: Honduras, Copan Culture: Maya Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 35 1/16 × W. 22 1/4 × D. 11 13/16 in., 264.6 lb. (89 × 56.5 × 30 cm, 120 kg) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: British Museum, London Accession Number: SL.2.2022.10.2 The Maize God’s slender body and handsome face evoke the beauty of ripening corn. His head, like a maize cob, is elongated and mostly bald except for a thick brow surrounding the face and long locks growing from the crown, evoking corn silk. Abundant jewels enhance his gracious appearance and signal his preciousness. He has a youngster’s unblemished skin and was sometimes portrayed as a baby. Like a tender child, he demands constant attention and care, lest he die. Failure to appease the Maize God could bring hunger to families and entire communities. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820270

Title: Maize God Date: 715 Geography: Honduras, Copan Culture: Maya Medium: Limestone Dimensions: H. 35 1/16 × W. 22 1/4 × D. 11 13/16 in., 264.6 lb. (89 × 56.5 × 30 cm, 120 kg) Classification: Stone-Sculpture Credit Line: British Museum, London Accession Number: SL.2.2022.10.2 The Maize God’s slender body and handsome face evoke the beauty of ripening corn. His head, like a maize cob, is elongated and mostly bald except for a thick brow surrounding the face and long locks growing from the crown, evoking corn silk. Abundant jewels enhance his gracious appearance and signal his preciousness. He has a youngster’s unblemished skin and was sometimes portrayed as a baby. Like a tender child, he demands constant attention and care, lest he die. Failure to appease the Maize God could bring hunger to families and entire communities. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820270

Title: Ancestor emerging from a flower Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico, Campeche Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 4 13/16 × W. 2 5/8 × D. 1 3/8 in., 3.315oz. (12.3 × 6.7 × 3.5 cm, 94g) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Accession Number: SL.2.2022.13.5 In Maya thought, the bones of the dead are comparable to plant seeds that carry progeny and fertilize the earth. The old man here is an ancestor, growing like flowers in the afterlife. These objects functioned as whistles: blowing into the stem would create sounds that animated the rituals in which they were used. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/843771

Title: Ancestor emerging from a flower Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico, Campeche Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 4 13/16 × W. 2 5/8 × D. 1 3/8 in., 3.315oz. (12.3 × 6.7 × 3.5 cm, 94g) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia Accession Number: SL.2.2022.13.5 In Maya thought, the bones of the dead are comparable to plant seeds that carry progeny and fertilize the earth. The old man here is an ancestor, growing like flowers in the afterlife. These objects functioned as whistles: blowing into the stem would create sounds that animated the rituals in which they were used. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/843771

Title: Codex-style plate Date: 680–740 Geography: Guatemala or Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Earthenware, paint, slip Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 × Diam. 12 5/8 in. (5.8 × 32 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Landon T. Clay Accession Number: SL.2.2022.2.1 The Maize God emerges from the split carapace of a turtle swimming in dark waters, like a plant sprouting from the earth. His flawless appearance contrasts with that of his attendants: the young solar god Juun Pu’w is covered with black pustules, while the god watering him like a maize sprout—the lord of wild animals—has patches of jaguar pelt. Painted by a master of the codex style (so-called for its resemblance to Maya painted manuscripts), the scene refers to the origin of maize. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820256

Title: Codex-style plate Date: 680–740 Geography: Guatemala or Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Earthenware, paint, slip Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 × Diam. 12 5/8 in. (5.8 × 32 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Landon T. Clay Accession Number: SL.2.2022.2.1 The Maize God emerges from the split carapace of a turtle swimming in dark waters, like a plant sprouting from the earth. His flawless appearance contrasts with that of his attendants: the young solar god Juun Pu’w is covered with black pustules, while the god watering him like a maize sprout—the lord of wild animals—has patches of jaguar pelt. Painted by a master of the codex style (so-called for its resemblance to Maya painted manuscripts), the scene refers to the origin of maize. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820256

Title: Codex-style plate Date: 680–740 Geography: Guatemala or Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Earthenware, paint, slip Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 × Diam. 12 5/8 in. (5.8 × 32 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Landon T. Clay Accession Number: SL.2.2022.2.1 The Maize God emerges from the split carapace of a turtle swimming in dark waters, like a plant sprouting from the earth. His flawless appearance contrasts with that of his attendants: the young solar god Juun Pu’w is covered with black pustules, while the god watering him like a maize sprout—the lord of wild animals—has patches of jaguar pelt. Painted by a master of the codex style (so-called for its resemblance to Maya painted manuscripts), the scene refers to the origin of maize. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820256

Title: Codex-style plate Date: 680–740 Geography: Guatemala or Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Earthenware, paint, slip Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 × Diam. 12 5/8 in. (5.8 × 32 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Landon T. Clay Accession Number: SL.2.2022.2.1 The Maize God emerges from the split carapace of a turtle swimming in dark waters, like a plant sprouting from the earth. His flawless appearance contrasts with that of his attendants: the young solar god Juun Pu’w is covered with black pustules, while the god watering him like a maize sprout—the lord of wild animals—has patches of jaguar pelt. Painted by a master of the codex style (so-called for its resemblance to Maya painted manuscripts), the scene refers to the origin of maize. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820256

Title: Codex-style plate Date: 680–740 Geography: Guatemala or Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Earthenware, paint, slip Dimensions: H. 2 5/16 × Diam. 12 5/8 in. (5.8 × 32 cm) Classification: Ceramics-Vessels Credit Line: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Gift of Landon T. Clay Accession Number: SL.2.2022.2.1 The Maize God emerges from the split carapace of a turtle swimming in dark waters, like a plant sprouting from the earth. His flawless appearance contrasts with that of his attendants: the young solar god Juun Pu’w is covered with black pustules, while the god watering him like a maize sprout—the lord of wild animals—has patches of jaguar pelt. Painted by a master of the codex style (so-called for its resemblance to Maya painted manuscripts), the scene refers to the origin of maize. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/820256

Title: Seated female Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 16 3/8 × W. 9 1/4 × D. 7 in., Approx. 5.5 lbs (41.6 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm, Approx. 2.5 kg) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC. Accession Number: SL.2.2022.22.2 Ceramic figurines provided artists with opportunities to depict lively, sometimes sexually suggestive mythical episodes. Women were depicted individually or interacting with others. A mouthpiece in the back turns these hollow figurines into whistles. Their pigments include Maya blue, obtained through the chemical combination of indigo with a special kind of clay. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/843774

Title: Seated female Date: 7th–9th century Geography: Mexico Culture: Maya Medium: Ceramic, pigment Dimensions: H. 16 3/8 × W. 9 1/4 × D. 7 in., Approx. 5.5 lbs (41.6 × 23.5 × 17.8 cm, Approx. 2.5 kg) Classification: Ceramics-Sculpture Credit Line: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, Pre-Columbian Collection, Washington, DC. Accession Number: SL.2.2022.22.2 Ceramic figurines provided artists with opportunities to depict lively, sometimes sexually suggestive mythical episodes. Women were depicted individually or interacting with others. A mouthpiece in the back turns these hollow figurines into whistles. Their pigments include Maya blue, obtained through the chemical combination of indigo with a special kind of clay. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/843774