id:			160092
accession number:	1997.60
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1997.60
updated:		2022-01-04 17:23:10.418000

Deer Effigy Vessel, 250-600. Mesoamerica, Maya style, Classic Period (250-900). Earthenware; overall: 22.8 x 24.7 x 18 cm (9 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1997.60

title:				Deer Effigy Vessel
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creation date:			250-600
creation date earliest:		250
creation date latest:		600
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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culture:	Mesoamerica, Maya style, Classic Period (250-900)
technique:	earthenware
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Ceramic
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measurements: Overall: 22.8 x 24.7 x 18 cm (9 x 9 3/4 x 7 1/16 in.)
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Maya artwork from the Early Classic Period (about AD 250-600) is dominated by three-dimensional sculpture in jade, stone, wood, and especially ceramic. This vessel is an exceptionally elegant example of Maya blackware, produced by firing earthenware pottery in a reducing (low oxygen) atmosphere. The deer is frequently depicted in Maya art, usually as a victim of either hunting or sacrifice. Venus signs and conch shells engraved on the deer also suggest death, for the planet Venus was regarded as a bringer of ill-fortune, and conch shell trumpets were carried by hunters. The small frog or toad pressed firmly under the deer's hoof relates to agricultural fertility. The croaking of these amphibians was a harbinger of rain.
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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Museum Acquires Major Chuck Close Painting, 19th-century Fire Screen, Rare Prints & Drawings,” June 9, 1997, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr4136

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