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Kerr Number:  521
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  16.3 cm
Diameter:  10 cm
Circumference:  31.4 cm
MS Number:  
Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art NY NY
School:  Met
Publications:  Grolier 45, Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 21.
Calender Round:  7 Muluc 7 Kayab
Site:  
Comments:  Infant with jaguar tail and paws lies on Kawak throne. Chak, God A, dog firefly baby jaguar,   CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, Dog, Canine, God A, Generally Skeletal, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Insect, Inscription - Other Text, Chak, Chac, Rain God, God3, Baby Jaguar, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-02-17

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Kerr Number:  556
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  0
Height:  13.8 cm
Diameter:  11.7 cm
Circumference:  36.7 cm
MS Number:  0
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School:  
Publications:  Coe 78 The Lords of the Underworld, MDB Vessel 34.
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Comments:  God A as god of hunting emerges from the serpent's mouth. Toad is eroded  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Conch Shell, God A, Generally Skeletal, Inscription - Other Text, Sombrero - Hunter's Hat, Toad, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-04

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Kerr Number:  718
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  6
Height:  25.2 cm
Diameter:  16.5 cm
Circumference:  53 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  
School:  
Publications:  Rob 81 The Book of the Dead;The Maya Vase Book Volume 1
Calender Round:  
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Comments:  Dark Brown on yellow, slightly gadrooned very heavily restored, reworked in 1994 showing most of the characters did exist; see vases 2284,2286.  
Iconographic Elements:  Female, Bees, Honey, God A, Generally Skeletal, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, God A', God Aprime, Ah Kan, Penis Perforator, Ruler, King, Cacique, Governor, Potentate, Sacrifice, Trophy Head, Primary Standard Sequence, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-05-05

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Kerr Number:  771
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  14.2 cm
Diameter:  10.2 cm
Circumference:  0
MS Number:  1849
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1988.1171
School:  
Publications:  Robicsek,The Maya Book of the Dead
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Comments:  Two types of God A. 1-The God of Hunting carrying a dead deer in a net, sometimes seen as a basket. 2- This god probably refers to some illness that burns the stomach. See Grube, Nikolai and Werner Nahm. 1994 A Census of Xibalba: A Complete Inventory of WAY Characters on Maya Ceramics. The Maya Vase Book Volume 4. pps. 686-715. Kerr Associates, NY.  
Iconographic Elements:  Blood, Conch Shell, Deer, God A, Generally Skeletal, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Monkey, Sacrifice, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1999-06-25

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Kerr Number:  791
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  9
Height:  20 cm
Diameter:  16 cm
Circumference:  50 cm
MS Number:  
Owner:  The Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ PUAM# y1993-17
School:  Altar
Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Fig 22a.
Calender Round:  
Site:  IK
Comments:  My Interpretation: The Hero Twins as ways performing in different guises along with Water lily jaguar, God A and eagle. Date painted is 9.16.3.13.14. 4Ix 12 Kumk'u or Jan, 18, 755  CLICK for the shape of the vessel.
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Blood, Conch Shell, Dog, Canine, Emblem Glyph, God A, Generally Skeletal, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Musicians, Penis Perforator, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Vision Serpent, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Primary Standard Sequence, Snake

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-09

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Kerr Number:  927
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  13
Height:  30.5 cm
Diameter:  16.8 cm
Circumference:  52.2 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Museum no. 86.452
School:  
Publications:  Old Gods and Young Heroes
Calender Round:  
Site:  Naranjo
Comments:  3 tiers of animal ways  
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Blood, Deer, Dog, Canine, Emblem Glyph, Enema Scene Or Apparatus, God A, Generally Skeletal, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, God A', God Aprime, Ah Kan, Penis Perforator, Rodents, Rats, Paca, Etc., Self Sacrifice, Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-08

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Kerr Number:  1003
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  5
Height:  12 cm
Diameter:  13 cm
Circumference:  38 cm
MS Number:  
Owner:  The Princeton Art Museum, Princeton, NJ PUMA# y1996-98
School:  
Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead vessel 19.
Calender Round:  7 Muluc 7 Kayab
Site:  
Comments:  Infant with jaguar tail lies on Kawak throne God A, Chak, Jaguar and insect. baby jaguar  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, God A, Generally Skeletal, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Insect, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Sacrifice, Chak, Chac, Rain God, God3, Baby Jaguar, Snake

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1152
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  10.5 cm
Diameter:  12.3 cm
Circumference:  33.5 cm
MS Number:  
Owner:  
School:  Met
Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 27.
Calender Round:  7 Men 10 Sac
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Comments:  God A, Kawak monster, Water lily Jaguar, Chak Cib ChaK  
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, God A, Generally Skeletal, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Chak, Chac, Rain God

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-12-09

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Kerr Number:  1199
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  16.8 cm
Diameter:  15 cm
Circumference:  44 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  
School:  Fantastic
Publications:  Rob 81
Calender Round:  12 Muluc 6 Zip
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Comments:  Fantastic painter Chak, God A. Baby Jaguar (note tail) falls through the bottom of the scene  
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, God A, Generally Skeletal, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Inscription - Other Text, Chak, Chac, Rain God

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-03-01

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Kerr Number:  1211
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  9
Height:  24.2 cm
Diameter:  13.2 cm
Circumference:  41.2 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  
School:  
Publications:  Old Gods..., Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 55.
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Comments:  Group of ways and God A-s See Grube, Nikolai and Werner Nahm. 1994 A Census of Xibalba: A Complete Inventory of WAY Characters on Maya Ceramics. The Maya Vase Book Volume 4. pps. 686-715. Kerr Associates, NY  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Bats, Birds, Blood, God A, Generally Skeletal, God N, Insect, Inscription - Other Text, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Monkey, Sacrifice, Trophy Head, Primary Standard Sequence, Dog, Canine, Snake

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-12-09

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