Vessel with Mythological Scene of an Old God and the Moon Goddess Holding a Coatimundi

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Artist Unknown Central and South American

CultureMaya

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Vessel with Mythological Scene of an Old God and the Moon Goddess Holding a Coatimundi

Date600–900 AD

PlaceMexico

MediumEarthenware with slip

Dimensions7 1/4 × 6 5/8 in. diameter (18.4 × 16.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Frank Carroll in memory of Frank and Eleanor Carroll

Object number2014.83

Current Location

The Caroline Wiess Law Building

205M Wiess Gallery

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Art of the Indigenous Americas

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CERAMICS

ProvenanceBernard Brown (d. 1996) and Peggy Brown, Albuquerque, NM, by at least 1968 until his d. 1996 [1]; Peggy Brown, 1996–2001; purchased by [Huber Primitive Art, Dixon, IL, 2001–2004]; purchased by Frank Carroll, Houston, March 14, 2004–2014; given to MFAH, 2014.

[1] Letter from Mrs. Brown, September 6, 2012.
Exhibition HistoryMuseum of Fine Arts, Houston, March 18, 2004–May 19, 2014.

“Fangs, Feathers, and Fins: Sacred Creatures in Ancient American Art,” Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 15, 2014–March 22, 2015.

"Destination Moon," The Bryan Museum, Galveston, Texas, February 1–April 30, 2020.

"The Lives of Gods: Divinity in Maya Art," The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, November 21, 2022 - April 2, 2023, & at the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, May 7, 2023 - September 3, 2023.
Published References mayavase.com, file no. K8685. McDonald, Andrew and Stross, Brian. "Water Lily and Cosmic Serpent: Equivalent Conduits of the Maya Spirit Realm." Journal of Ethnobiology (Spring/Summer 2014). Page 89, figure 7a. Pillsbury, Joanne. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, pp. 74-75, figs. 49a - 49b.

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