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Kerr Number:  505
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  19.3 cm
Diameter:  10.5 cm
Circumference:  33 cm
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Publications:  The Maya Vase Book Volume 1
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Comments:  Dog looks into large olla, monkey dances with and looks into a mirror. Both wear scribal reeds in headdress  
Iconographic Elements:  Ah K'hun, Orator, Inscription, Any Text Other Than PSS, Mirror, Dog, Canine, Bundle, Tribute, Cache, Monkey

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Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  626
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  4
Height:  20.5 cm
Diameter:  17.2 cm
Circumference:  54 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Coe,The Maya Scribe and His World, no.25;The Maya Book of the Dead, Robicsek & Hales, no.81
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Comments:  A version of the Dressing of the Maize god after his resurrection. The Monkey wears the Ah K'hun headdress  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Ah K'hun, Orator, Female, Birds, Inscription - Other Text, Monkey, Sky Band With Star Glyphs, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye

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Added 1998-04-16

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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
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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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Added 1999-06-25

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Kerr Number:  774
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  8
Height:  19 cm
Diameter:  16.4 cm
Circumference:  54.5 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  A supernatural enema scene.  
Iconographic Elements:  Deer, Dog, Canine, Enema Scene Or Apparatus, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Monkey, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-05-06

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Kerr Number:  954
Vase Type:  Carved
Figure Count:  2
Height:  11 cm
Diameter:  12.5 cm
Circumference:  0
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Comments:  Chochola carved bowl Monkey scribe with name glyph. Hun Batz or Hun Chuen. The 2nd figure suggests a deity with Yax Balam head. May be another version of the Popol Vuh.  CLICK HERE for for a drawing and the still of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Ah K'hun, Orator, Codex - Book, God K, Kawil, Inscription - Other Text, Monkey, Scribes, Artists, Carvers, Ink Or Paint Container, Sabak Kuch

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Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1181
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  11 cm
Diameter:  12 cm
Circumference:  31 cm
MS Number:  1843
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1988.1186
School:  Met
Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 47.
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Comments:  Dog, toad, monkey. The monkey holds a turtle shell musical instrument and the beater in the other hand. From this vase D. Stuart read the word MASH meaning monkey, 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:  Bundle, Tribute, Cache, Dog, Canine, Emblem Glyph, Fish, Inscription - Other Text, Monkey, Toad, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Primary Standard Sequence, Drum

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Added 1998-03-01

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Kerr Number:  1203
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  2
Height:  9 cm
Diameter:  17.7 cm
Circumference:  48 cm
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 48.
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Comments:   Shallow bowl, Monkey and peccary with volute from nose  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Bundle, Tribute, Cache, Inscription - Other Text, Monkey, Peccary, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 1998-03-01

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Kerr Number:  1208
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  3
Height:  20.5 cm
Diameter:  11.5 cm
Circumference:  0
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Publications:  Lords of the Underworld fig.17, Old Gods and Young Heroes p.28
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Comments:  Note the cab signs in the rabbit's ear  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Monkey, Musicians, Rabbit, Drum

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Added 1999-06-25

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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
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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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Kerr Number:  1491
Vase Type:  Polychrome
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Comments:  Plate. In the upper register a ruler on throne is being offered a painted vase by a woman. In the lower register, A monkey scribe is assisted by a rabbit who holds his paint container. On the rim, Hunahpú shoots at Iguana while a rabbit lies dead. Two individuals train a macaw, An old scribe reads a codex while a monkey hovers behind him. A woman gestures to a deity.  
Iconographic Elements:  Female, Bats, Birds, Blowgun, Bundle, Tribute, Cache, Codex - Book, God N, Monkey, Moon Goddess, Rabbit, Rodents, Rats, Paca, Etc., Ruler, King, Cacique, Governor, Potentate, Scribes, Artists, Carvers, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Ink Or Paint Container, Sabak Kuch, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1999-08-13

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