Illustrations of Artifact Categories Subject to U.S. Import Restriction
El Salvador - Maya Human Effigy Vase
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Maya Human Effigy Vase
Type of Object: Vessel
Materials: Ceramic
Measurements: 15 to 30 cm. in height.
Date or Period: Late Classic
Maker: Maya
Designated List Section: 3G Jars with Modeled Effigy Faces
Date of Import Restriction: 03/10/1995
Photograph: Federico Trujillo
Copyright: Banco Agricola Comercial de El Salvador
 
Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions:
Here are grouped together different varieties of ceramic jars that sharing the presence of effigy faces or heads applied to the vessel neck. Motifs include: old man, man with goatee and closed eyes, monkey, bird, and schematic humans.
Keywords:
ceramic, human effigy vessel, human figure, jar, pottery,

 


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