CultureMaya
Titles
- Funerary Urn with Feline Lid
Date600–900 AD
PlaceQuiché, Guatemala
MediumEarthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
DimensionsOverall: 35 1/8 × 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (89.2 × 64.8 × 54.6 cm)
Urn: 22 1/8 × 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (56.2 × 64.7 × 54.6 cm)
Lid: 13 × 13 × 22 in. (33 × 33 × 55.9 cm)
Urn: 22 1/8 × 25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in. (56.2 × 64.7 × 54.6 cm)
Lid: 13 × 13 × 22 in. (33 × 33 × 55.9 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by "One Great Night in November, 1993"
Object number93.389.A,.B
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
200 Brown Gallery
Exposé
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Department
Art of the Indigenous AmericasObject Type
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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150–650 AD
Earthenware with slip and traces of polychrome pigment
97.113.A,.B