| 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. | | Calender Round: | | Site: | | 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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