id:			170115
accession number:	2012.33
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/2012.33
updated:		2022-06-01 09:00:30.427000

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
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creation date:			600-800
creation date earliest:		600
creation date latest:		800
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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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
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measurements: Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (MWPI), Utica, New York (accession number 68.76)
	date: 1968-2000
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	Private Collector, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 2000-2012
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 2012-
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fun fact: 
It is estimated that some 20,000 people were buried on the tiny island of Jaina over a 500-year period.

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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.
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