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Pre-Columbian / Mayan / Mayan Tripod Plate - PF.2901
Origin: Tikal/Peten, Guatemala
Circa: 600
AD
to 900
AD
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
Location: United States
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| Description |
This flat-bottomed plate with its slanting sides
and three rattle feet is the type of offering bowl
used to honor the Mayan God of life and
sustenance, the Maize God. Most late classic
depictions of these plates do not show feet, but
footed plates are typically shown in the Dresden
Codex. Painted in red, orange and black paint
on a tan ground, the image is the Maize God.
Seated upon a table throne, he has supreme
importance for every facet of Maya life for
without his blessings of abundant crops, the
Mayans could not survive. The fertility images
painted on the slanting sides are calligraphic and
expressive, and the relationship of the images to
their circular field is graceful and sophisticated
making this plate a noble offering.
- (PF.2901)
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