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| Type of Object: | Vessel | |
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| Materials: | Ceramic | |
| Measurements: | Approx. 3-12 cm. in height. | |
| Date or Period: | Early Post-Classic | |
| Maker: | Lenca/Maya | |
| Designated List Section: | I A 3 Ceramic Ceremonial Vessels - Dishes and plates | |
| Date of Import Restrictions: | 03/16/2004 | |
| Copyright: | Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia | |
| Keywords: | ceremonial vessel, polychrome, Pre-Columbian Ceramic, tripod, | |
| Description of Designated List Category Subject to Import Restrictions | ||
| Characterized by red and black painted designs over orange or cream background. Vessels forms include straight and incurving-neck jars and hemispherical bowls. Jars may have strap handles (often with small monkey adornors on the surface). Bowls have rounded or convex bottoms; bowls may have lug appendages on the exterior. Exterior decoration includes painted and incised geometric (knots, mats, pyramids, step-frets, S-shaped motifs, inverted V motifs with interior dots, checkerboards, triangles) and animal forms (lizards, serpents, birds, monkeys). Interior motifs include bands and wavy lines. See Henderson and Beaudry-Corbett 1993. | ||
