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Kerr Number:  1403
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  3
Height:  15.5 cm
Diameter:  0
Circumference:  35.5 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  NMAI-Smithsonian (Heye) Museum number. 24/4089
School:  Longleg
Publications:  BOK, Maya Iconography
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Comments:  War scene with banners and backracks  
Iconographic Elements:  Shield, pakal, spears, Sombrero - hunter's hat, Trophy head

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1999-04-06

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Kerr Number:  1439
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  23.5 cm
Diameter:  12.4 cm
Circumference:  39 cm
MS Number:  1121
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA
School:  Pink Glyph
Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Fig 23a.
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Site:  IK
Comments:  Fat Cacique sits on jaguar throne  
Iconographic Elements:  Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text, Jaguar, Water lily Jaguar, Penis perforator, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Trophy head, Xray, cutaway costumes and masks

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1440
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  9.4 cm
Diameter:  25 cm
Circumference:  68 cm
MS Number:  1848
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1988.1183
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Fig 23b.
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Comments:  Initial Series and very long text Read The First-Person Singular Independent Pronoun in Classic Ch’olan by Kerry Hull, Michael Carrasco and Robert Wald at http://www.mayavase.com/First-Person.pdf  
Iconographic Elements:  Bats, Birds, Dog, canine, Inscription - other text, Upended frog, birth glyph T740, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-03-09

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Kerr Number:  1446
Vase Type:  Polychrome
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Height:  18.7 cm
Diameter:  18.8 cm
Circumference:  57.5 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Detroit Institute of Arts Detroit MI
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Publications:  Taylor, Dicey English 2000 A chocolate cup for etermity in the road of awe: the Detroit Cylinder Tripod, Bulletin of the Detroit Institute of Arts 74(1 - 2):4 - 19 Detroit Taylor, Dicey A chocolate cup for etermity in the road of awe: Cylinder
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Site:  Rio Azul
Comments:  Stucco EC vase with cover Tomb 12 Rio Azul  CLICK HERE for the shape of the vesssel.
Iconographic Elements:  Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-10

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Kerr Number:  1451
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  19.5 cm
Diameter:  16 cm
Circumference:  45.8 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Metropolitan Museum of Art NY NY
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Comments:  Bird headdresses in drunken orgy  
Iconographic Elements:  Drinking alcohol, drunkard

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-03-09

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Kerr Number:  1452
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  22.3 cm
Diameter:  11.7 cm
Circumference:  37 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Kimbell Art Museum, Ft. Worth TX
School:  Pink glyph
Publications:  The Murals of Bonampak, Mary Miller pl.59; The Blood of Kings p.205
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Site:  IK
Comments:  Palace. Fat Cacique watches a dance in which the performer inserts a cloth in a slit in his penis and twirls. We see the performer in 3 stages of his dance, the insertion, the positioning, and the cloth covered with blood. This is the same dance as is performed in room 3 of Bonampak. The rim text uses the glyph for dance.  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Blood, Dwarf, Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text, Penis perforator, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Self sacrifice

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1453
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  7
Height:  24 cm
Diameter:  17 cm
Circumference:  49.2 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Australian National Museum 82.22.92
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Site:  IK
Comments:   Palace drunken party. Honey is fermenting in the narrow necked ollas. Ruler watches as a dwarf drinks from gourd  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Ah K'hun, orator, Conch shell, Curtains, in palace scenes, Dwarf, Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text, Mirror, Musicians, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Upended frog, birth glyph T740, Drinking alcohol, drunkard, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1454
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  4
Height:  20 cm
Diameter:  13.5 cm
Circumference:  41 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  Palace. Ruler being dressed, Giant Animal headdress  
Iconographic Elements:  Curtains, in palace scenes, Inscription - other text, Mirror, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-10

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Kerr Number:  1456
Vase Type:  Polychrome
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Comments:  Three Dimensional dwarf fig  CLICK for a still of the object
Iconographic Elements:  Dwarf, Inscription - other text, Penis perforator

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-03-09

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Kerr Number:  1463
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  4
Height:  10.5 cm
Diameter:  10 cm
Circumference:  30 cm
MS Number:  1418
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School:  Pink glyph
Publications:  Painting the Maya Universe,p.60
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Site:  IK
Comments:  Palace. Fat cacique wearing war badge  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Emblem glyph, Inscription - other text, Mirror, Penis perforator, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Tlaloc - war symbol, Throne

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-19

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