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Kerr Number:  1198
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  16.2 cm
Diameter:  14.8 cm
Circumference:  42.8 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 9.
Calender Round:  7 Muluc 14 Zac
Site:  Lady, Old God, God K
Comments:  Snake  
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Curtains, In Palace Scenes, God C, K'ul, God K, Kawil, Inscription - Other Text, Snakelady Entwined With Och Chan, Upended Frog, Birth Glyph T740, Vision Serpent

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Added 1998-03-01

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Kerr Number:  1211
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  9
Height:  24.2 cm
Diameter:  13.2 cm
Circumference:  41.2 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Old Gods..., Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 55.
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Comments:  Group of ways and God A-s 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  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Bats, Birds, Blood, God A, Generally Skeletal, God N, Insect, Inscription - Other Text, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Monkey, Sacrifice, Trophy Head, Primary Standard Sequence, Dog, Canine, Snake

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Added 1998-12-09

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Kerr Number:  1223
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  1
Height:  8.7 cm
Diameter:  11.5 cm
Circumference:  32.3 cm
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Owner:  The Museum of Fine Art, Boston
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Publications:  Rob 81
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Comments:  Chak Cib Chak, Tapir with owl on back, incensario and Och Chan Heavily over-painted)  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, Birds, Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Hand Stone, Tri-lobe, Owls, Rodents, Rats, Paca, Etc., Chak, Chac, Rain God, Snake

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Added 1999-01-15

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Kerr Number:  1226
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  1
Height:  11.4 cm
Diameter:  12.5 cm
Circumference:  34 cm
MS Number:  1841
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1988.1173
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Publications:  MVB Vol1 p. 68, Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 109.
Calender Round:  1 Ahaj 3 Kankin
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Comments:  ITZ'AM YEJ (Itzam Ye) (Vucub Caquix) in the tree and Hun Ahaj shoots at him with his blowgun  
Iconographic Elements:  Blowgun, Insect, Inscription - Other Text, Principal Bird Deity, Vucub Caquix, Itzam Ye, Scorpion - Insect Or Constellation, Sombrero - Hunter's Hat, Tree, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Snake

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Added 1998-04-16

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Kerr Number:  1228
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  12.5 cm
Diameter:  11.5 cm
Circumference:  32.5 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 50.
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Comments:  The agouti brings the head of Hunahpu in the ball game.  
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Inscription - Other Text, Rodents, Rats, Paca, Etc., Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Snake

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Added 1998-03-06

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Kerr Number:  1230
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  3
Height:  10.8 cm
Diameter:  10.5 cm
Circumference:  29.5 cm
MS Number:  1844
Owner:  Museum of Fine Arts Boston MA 1988.1185
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 40.
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Comments:  God Aprime decapitates himself, Deer, Venus Jaguar (mouth of jaguar over-painted)  
Iconographic Elements:  Axe, Blood, Deer, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, God A', God Aprime, Ah Kan, Self Sacrifice, Venus Glyph, Star Glyph T510, Way, Alter Ego, Nagual, Snake

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Added 1998-09-13

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Kerr Number:  1256
Vase Type:  Polychrome
Figure Count:  7
Height:  27.5 cm
Diameter:  15.7 cm
Circumference:  50.5 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Flaar 76, Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 54.
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Comments:  Group of way figures including twin in flames and God A as decapitator. A Twin is in the coils of Chapat (centipede)  CLICK for the shape of the vessel
Iconographic Elements:  Blood, Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Fish, Fire, God A, Generally Skeletal, Inscription - Other Text, Jaguar, Water Lily Jaguar, Sacrifice, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Vision Serpent, Primary Standard Sequence, Snake

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Added 1998-03-06

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Kerr Number:  1345
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  2
Height:  13.3 cm
Diameter:  11 cm
Circumference:  30.5 cm
MS Number:  0
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel 110.
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Comments:  Hunahpú with blowgun hunting salamander?  
Iconographic Elements:  Birds, Blowgun, Inscription - Other Text, Rodents, Rats, Paca, Etc., Sombrero - Hunter's Hat, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Snake

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Added 1998-03-07

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Kerr Number:  1382
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  0
Height:  15 cm
Diameter:  15.2 cm
Circumference:  40.5 cm
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Publications:  Maya Book of the Dead Vessel12.
Calender Round:  13 MULUC 1 PAX
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Comments:  Snake Lady with old god and two bundled characters. An argument exists as to whether the bundled figures represent birth or death.  CLICK for the shape of the vessel and text
Iconographic Elements:  Noh Kaan, Och Chan, Curtains, In Palace Scenes, God N, Inscription - Other Text, Snakelady Entwined With Och Chan, Primary Standard Sequence, Chak, Chac, Rain God

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Added 1998-01-19

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Kerr Number:  1398
Vase Type:  Codex Style
Figure Count:  4
Height:  26 cm
Diameter:  13.8 cm
Circumference:  46 cm
MS Number:  0
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Site:  Naranjo
Comments:  A vase from the Naranjo area with God L asking for his clothes from Rabbit and Hunahpú as Sun God.This is one of three vases in the corpus that describe this mythological incident. K1560 shows the Maize God as the tormentor of the gods with a dwarf as the holder of God l's power hat and staff. K5166 has the Moon Goddess holding the rabbit before a cringing God L and a group of deities. In a unrelated scene,K4999 a stucco vase shows a dwarf in one panle and the rabbit in the other in what looks like a subsitution.   
Iconographic Elements:  Deer, Emblem Glyph, God L, Inscription - Other Text, Rabbit, Primary Standard Sequence, Throne, Snake

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Photograph by Justin Kerr
Added 1998-06-10

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