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Kerr Number:  4151
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  14.3 cm
Diameter:  15.5 cm
Circumference:  47.8 cm
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Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Houston TX
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Comments:  A hunter hits a water bird in the neck with a pellet, causing the bird to drop his fish. The pellet may be the Mayan word 'xib' for river pebble.  
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Blowgun, Fish, Inscription - other text, Sombrero - hunter's hat, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-10-21

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