Vase with Hunters and Waterbirds

CultureMaya
Titles
  • Vase with Hunters and Waterbirds
Date600–900 AD
Possible placeGuatemala
Possible placeMexico
MediumEarthenware with slip
Dimensions5 3/8 × 6 1/8 × 6 1/2 in. (13.7 × 15.6 × 16.5 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1989"
Object number89.264
Non exposé

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Provenance[Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, until 1989]; purchased by MFAH, 1989.
Exhibition History“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

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