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Mayan Plate with Gods Shooting Blowguns in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, December 2022
Title: Plate with gods shooting blowguns
Date: 7th–9th century
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Maya
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 17 1/2 × W. 17 1/2 × D. 13/16 in., 3.3 lb. (44.5 × 44.5 × 2 cm, 1.5 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Containers
Credit Line: Museo Maya de Cancún, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Accession Number: SL.2.2022.12.1
This plate features two young gods shooting blowguns at a supernatural bird pictured at center. Their skin is ridden with black sores, symbolic of humility and sickness, contrasting with the bird’s ostentatious appearance. Colonial and modern mythical narratives, including the Popol Wuj, explain how young, humble, and sometimes ailing heroes vanquished older, stronger, and wealthier foes who opposed their rise as luminaries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/854901
Date: 7th–9th century
Geography: Mexico
Culture: Maya
Medium: Ceramic
Dimensions: H. 17 1/2 × W. 17 1/2 × D. 13/16 in., 3.3 lb. (44.5 × 44.5 × 2 cm, 1.5 kg)
Classification: Ceramics-Containers
Credit Line: Museo Maya de Cancún, Mexico, Secretaría de Cultura–Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Accession Number: SL.2.2022.12.1
This plate features two young gods shooting blowguns at a supernatural bird pictured at center. Their skin is ridden with black sores, symbolic of humility and sickness, contrasting with the bird’s ostentatious appearance. Colonial and modern mythical narratives, including the Popol Wuj, explain how young, humble, and sometimes ailing heroes vanquished older, stronger, and wealthier foes who opposed their rise as luminaries.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/854901
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