id: 170115 accession number: 2012.33 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.33 updated: 2020-11-04 22:12:54.109000 Seated Lord with Removable Headdress, 600-800. Mesoamerica, Maya, probably Jaina Island, Late Classical period, 7th-9th century. Ceramic and slip; overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 2012.33 title: Seated Lord with Removable Headdress title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600-800 creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 800 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: John L. Severance Fund copyright: --- culture: Mesoamerica, Maya, probably Jaina Island, Late Classical period, 7th-9th century technique: ceramic and slip department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Ceramic find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: It is estimated that some 20,000 people were buried on the tiny island of Jaina over a 500-year period. digital description: wall description: The major Maya grave offerings on Jaina Island were ceramic figurines that depict deities and humans in a variety of roles. The standing figure represents a warrior who once probably held weapons and wears either quilted cotton armor or the feathered uniform of a military order. The seated figure also represents a male, perhaps another warrior, who wears a huge zoomorphic headdress. A skeletal face with articulated jaw descends from the headdress to fit as a mask over the figure’s face. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2012.33/2012.33_full.tif