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Kerr Number:  622
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  3
Height:  17.5 cm
Diameter:  15 cm
Circumference:  49 cm
MS Number:  0
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Site:  Tikal
Comments:  A style of the Maize god dancing scene. In this instance 2 dance with giant masks. See the Holmul style. In Search in all fields enter Holmul OR Naranajo AND Maize  
Iconographic Elements:  Inscription - other text, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Vision Serpent

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-05-04

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Kerr Number:  633
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  6
Height:  24 cm
Diameter:  16 cm
Circumference:  0
MS Number:  1374
Owner:  The Art Institute of Chicago Acc no. 1986.1081
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Publications:  Coe 78 The Lords of the Underworld; Painting the Maya Universe,p.63
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Site:  Naranjo
Comments:  Holmul style 3 panels of dancing Corn God. Attributed to Ah Maxan See Bacon: http://repository.upenn.edu/dissertations/AAI3292005/  CLICK HERE for a high res drawing of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Dwarf, Emblem glyph, Insect, Inscription - other text, Jaguar, Water lily Jaguar, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Paddlers to the otherworld, Xibalba, Sky band with star glyphs, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye, Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1999-05-07

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Kerr Number:  1151
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  5
Height:  21 cm
Diameter:  11 cm
Circumference:  35 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  Palace scene, ruler dancing,  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Ah K'hun, orator, Female, Birds, Cloth, Inscription - other text, Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-07-07

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Kerr Number:  4602
Vase Type:  Incised
Figure Count:  2
Height:  11 cm
Diameter:  10.4 cm
Circumference:  31.3 cm
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Mint Museum of Art Charlotte NC
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Comments:  Dancing figures  
Iconographic Elements:  Conch shell

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Added 1999-04-19

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Kerr Number:  5076
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  1
Height:  9.3 cm
Diameter:  34.5 cm
Circumference:  0
MS Number:  657
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Publications:  Painting the Maya Universe,p.199;
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Site:  Peten
Comments:  Tripod Plate Maize God dancing with some rim text large hole in center. A hole of this type suggests the plate was used to cover the face of the dead in a burial.  
Iconographic Elements:  Inscription - other text, Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2000-12-25

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Kerr Number:  5528
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  1
Height:  0
Diameter:  42.5 cm
Circumference:  0
MS Number:  0
Owner:  Issac Delgado Museum, New Orleans No.69.2
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Publications:  Coe The Maya Scribe and His World. Figure 9
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Comments:  Plate. Dancer. The image is probably of an elite person dancing in the guise of the Maize God.  
Iconographic Elements:  Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  5603
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  1
Height:  0
Diameter:  32.5 cm
Circumference:  0
MS Number:  845
Owner:  Popol Vuh Museum, Guatemala
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Publications:  Painting the Maya Universe,p.198;
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Comments:  Tripod plate with monster heads on rim. Maize God dancing.  
Iconographic Elements:  Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, Hun Nal Ye

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Added 2000-12-25

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Kerr Number:  5876
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  1
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MS Number:  671
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Comments:  Plate with a Lord doing a twirling dancing in a squatting position over a throne cushion  
Iconographic Elements:  Lord, elite person not a ruler, Throne

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Added 2000-12-04

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Kerr Number:  6063
Vase Type:  Incised
Figure Count:  0
Height:  22.9 cm
Diameter:  11 cm
Circumference:  35.5 cm
MS Number:  0
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Comments:  Two dancing monkeys. See K8357 and 5639 for similar vase.  CLICK HERE for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Inscription - other text, Monkey

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2002-04-09

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Kerr Number:  7434
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  4
Height:  22 cm
Diameter:  9.5 cm
Circumference:  30.9 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  The Maya Vase Book, Volume 6 p.997
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Comments:  The Holmul style Maize god impersonator or the Maize god dancing. The major bird deity in the backrack is shown as macaw  
Iconographic Elements:  Dwarf, Inscription - other text, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Primary Standard Sequence

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 2000-01-15

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