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Kerr Number:  8742
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  3
Height:  15.2 cm
Diameter:  14.5 cm
Circumference:  49.3 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  Southern Maya. A version of the Hero Twins  CLICK for the shape of the vessel.
Iconographic Elements:  Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué

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Added 2003-09-08

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Kerr Number:  8883
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  0
Height:  13 cm
Diameter:  10.6 cm
Circumference:  32 cm
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Comments:  See Maya Book of the Dead, p. 203 nr. A and others. Image supplied by Wulff Bickenbach.  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
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Added 2005-04-30

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Kerr Number:  8927
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  5
Height:  11.2 cm
Diameter:  15.5 cm
Circumference:  55 cm
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Publications:  The maya Book Of The Dead Vessel 16
Calender Round:  7 Eb 15 Uo
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Comments:  One of the series of the Old God Dying or faking his death. Woman with traveler's hat.  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Deer, Female, Throne

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Added 2006-03-25

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Kerr Number:  8940
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  26 cm
Diameter:  12.5 cm
Circumference:  42 cm
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Comments:  An old deity as carver or painter of masks. compare with K6061 and K7447 as well as Eric Boot's discussion at www.mayavase.com/0717/shaper.pdf  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 2006-02-03

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Kerr Number:  9056
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  1
Height:  10.7 cm
Diameter:  35.4 cm
Circumference:  0
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Owner:  Photograph courtesy of Moby's Newt Ltd, NY
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Site:  Waxactun
Comments:  Maya. plate. tripod. Ruler seated on throne with cushion. Waxactun. Smith, Robert E. 1955 Ceramic Sequence at Uaxactun, Guatemala Middle American Research Institute Publication #20, Tulane University, New Orleans   CLICK for side view.
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Throne

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Added 2006-10-02

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Kerr Number:  9152
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  3
Height:  21 cm
Diameter:  14 cm
Circumference:  43 cm
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Owner:  Dumbarton Oaks Precolumbian Collection PC. B> 584
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Publications:  See PAINTED VESSEL In Ancient maya Art At Dumbarton Oaks P.339
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Site:  Alta Verapaz
Comments:  A story we only know from images on the vases. The Maize God or the twins hunt a great sea serpent. See vases K595,K1391, K1742, K1873. In this version the Pax God is also a hunter  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Shield, pakal, spears, Blood

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Added 2009-04-02

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Kerr Number:  9161
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  20.5 cm
Diameter:  18 cm
Circumference:  57.5 cm
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Owner:  Yale University Art Gallery
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Comments:  Southern Maya. Ulua Valley. Figures with curved sticks and ball. An aspect of the ball game similar to field hockey. See La Venta Stela 2 K9172 in Portfolio.  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Ball or ballgame, Yokes, ballgame gear

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Added 2009-05-11

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Kerr Number:  9180
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  15 cm
Diameter:  10.4 cm
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Site:  Chama?
Comments:  Maya. Composite Rollout. Pedestal Vase. Dwarf holds mirror for Monkey wearing ah k'hun headdress. compare with K505  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Mirror, Monkey, Dwarf

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Added 2009-07-19

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Kerr Number:  9181
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  17 cm
Diameter:  17 cm
Circumference:  58 cm
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Site:  Tikal
Comments:  Tripod vessel. Tikal EG. The figure seems to be a full figure representation of the worm bird glyph from the rim text. Comments from Penny Steinbach (edited) K9181's mysteries. Given its stylistic affinities with objects such as K2704, K4562, and K5042, I'm also inclined to regard its EG as referring to Tikal rather than Dos Pilas. The stacked "smoking" element between the two figures is quite atypical, but its oddness is nothing compared to the strangeness of the twice-depicted creature itself. I agree that its head resembles one of the glyphs in the PSS, although I think it looks more like the tz'i bat than the worm bird. It is, indeed, a quadruped and its legs and feet are similar to the hind leg and foot of the freaky reptile(?) perched in the tree on K1345. Yet, it is also overtly piscine. In keeping with the conventions of Classic Maya iconography, the creature on K9181 is fish-like because it has a bifurcated tail (e.g., K5391), a crenelated back medallion (e.g., K7287), and a feathery fin along its spine (e.g., K5462). (Hellmuth, in Monsters und Menschen, addresses the deliberate blurring between bird wings and fish fins.) The spiral pupil, fin-like projection above its nostril, and the tendril/barbel by its mouth are also indicative of fish. However, the feathery fins above its face and on each half of its tail are overkill. Bottom line: the vessel's size and shape seem authentic and more or less appropriate for something made for someone from Tikal. However, I suspect that its glyphs and figures have been heavily and inaccurately restored. (For example, the bi syllable in y-uk'ib shouldn't have tendrils on its left side [or anywhere], and the central element of the back medallion shouldn't look like an eye with a big, black pupil.) It also seems likely that the original artist's grasp of the iconography and writing was somewhat tenuous. Nonetheless, it is an interesting vessel to examine and analyze. Thanks for telling me about it.   CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2009-07-25

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Kerr Number:  9196
Vase Type:  Carved
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Comments:  Composite Rollout (portion). Maya. Skull. May refer to either The Western Mexican bubble mouth figures or the Aztec skull with sacrifical knife protruding from mouth  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2009-10-21

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