id:			157246
accession number:	1994.12.1
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1994.12.1
updated:		2025-11-01 11:25:20.748000

Artisan, 250–600 CE. Guatemala, Petén region, Maya style (250-900), Maya style (250-900). Earthenware with colored slips; overall: 56.5 x 22 x 35.5 cm (22 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 14 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1994.12.1

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creation date:			250–600 CE
creation date earliest:		250
creation date latest:		600
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Guatemala, Petén region, Maya style (250-900), Maya style (250-900)
technique:	earthenware with colored slips
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 56.5 x 22 x 35.5 cm (22 1/4 x 8 11/16 x 14 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
	opening date:   2004-04-04T00:00:00
	<i>Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya</i>. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (April 4-July 25, 2004); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (September 4, 2004-January 2, 2005).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Brussels, Belgium: Musees Royaux d\'Art et d\' Histoire; September 25- December 27, 1992. "Tresors du Nouveau Monde." cat. no. 178- 179.', 'opening_date': '1992-09-25T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Washington, D.C.: The National Gallery of Art; April 4- July 25, 2004. San Francisco, CA: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor; Spetember 4, 2004- January 2, 2005. "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya." ex.cat.no. 65, p. 134.', 'opening_date': '2004-04-04T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions to the Cleveland Museum of Art Collection,” August 26, 1994, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr3900/page/n1

	Bergh, Susan E. "'The Art of Those Who Lived Here Before the White Man Came': Collecting the Ancient Americas at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>Collecting the “Other Americas”: Ancient Americas Collections in American Art Museums, </em>edited by Victoria I. Lyall, and Ellen Hoobler, 67- 82. Denver, Colorado: Mayer Center for Ancient and Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, 2025.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 77, fig. 16
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