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Kerr Number:  8277
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  19.7 cm
Diameter:  16.7 cm
Circumference:  52 cm
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Site:  Nebaj
Comments:  Palace scene with offering presented to ruler. The offering may be in a basket or a ceramic painted to look like basketry.  
Iconographic Elements:  Curtains, in palace scenes, Inscription - other text, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Offering to humans or gods, Throne

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Added 2000-03-05

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Kerr Number:  8286
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  18 cm
Diameter:  8 cm
Circumference:  25.3 cm
MS Number:  0
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Site:  Ik Motul de San Jose
Comments:  A fluted vase with clusters of shells. Very similar vases with this motif have been excavated form the Mundo Perdido in Tikal. This shell cluster is seen a motif on the God A of decapitation.  LINK to a high res image of the PSS.
Iconographic Elements:  Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 2003-06-24

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Kerr Number:  8327
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  4
Height:  22.7 cm
Diameter:  18.3 cm
Circumference:  59.7 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  A version of the Maize god dancing, or a Maize God impersonator. In this case the dwarfs? are seated on deity heads.  CLICK HERE for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Dwarf, Inscription - other text, Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye, Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 2000-12-01

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Kerr Number:  8334
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  12.5 cm
Diameter:  18 cm
Circumference:  58 cm
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Site:  Chama
Comments:  Unusual scene with God N out of his shell  
Iconographic Elements:  Conch shell, God N, Inscription - other text, Lord, elite person not a ruler

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Added 2000-05-13

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Kerr Number:  8335
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  17.5 cm
Diameter:  11.2 cm
Circumference:  34.8 cm
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Comments:  A lord making a blood offering. See Vases 624, 2598, 2599 for similar scenes  
Iconographic Elements:  Blood, God C, k'ul, Inscription - other text, Lord, elite person not a ruler

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Added 2000-05-13

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Kerr Number:  8339
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  15 cm
Diameter:  11.6 cm
Circumference:  37.2 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  Two rows of Primary Standard Sequence, one at the rim, the large glyphs centered.  
Iconographic Elements:  Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 2000-06-04

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Kerr Number:  8342
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  17 cm
Diameter:  15.5 cm
Circumference:  49 cm
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Site:  Caracol
Comments:  A furry tailed animal holds a shell? A form reminiscent of the Casper glyph. A variant of Och Chan as bird as its tongue reaches out to touch the tree (?), glyph (?) form.  Click here for a discussion of the iconography of this vase.
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Emblem glyph, God D, Itzamnah, Insect, Rodents, rats, paca, etc., Primary Standard Sequence

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Added 2001-03-03

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Kerr Number:  8344
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  2
Height:  16.5 cm
Diameter:  11.5 cm
Circumference:  51.5 cm
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Comments:  Barrel shaped vase. Seated Maize God makes offering of a cache vessel filled with balls of copal? They also may be balls of corn dough. Compare with K8246.  
Iconographic Elements:  Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye, Offering to humans or gods

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Added 2000-06-04

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Kerr Number:  8351
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  21 cm
Diameter:  15.3 cm
Circumference:  46 cm
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Comments:  A scene of sacrifice, human and animal. The sacrificer holds a macaw while andattendant readies a jaguar wearing the sign of the water lily jaguar. Blood spotted garments are worn by all except the human victim. The victim lies on a stone with supportys that look like the supports from Pedras Negras.  CLICK for a drawing of the scene
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Blood, Hand stone, tri-lobe, Inscription - other text, Jaguar, Water lily Jaguar, Lord, elite person not a ruler, Offering to humans or gods, Prisoners or captives, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Sacrifice, Vases, pots, ollas, plates, vessels

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Added 2006-02-15

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Kerr Number:  8352
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  0
Height:  14.5 cm
Diameter:  11.5 cm
Circumference:  34 cm
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Site:  Ulua Valley
Comments:  Southern Maya version of the bearded dragon, Och Chan  
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2000-07-05

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