Kerr Number: 1491 | Vase Type: Polychrome | Figure Count: | Height: | Diameter: | Circumference: | MS Number: 0 | Owner: | School: | Publications: | Calender Round: | Site: | Comments: Plate. In the upper register a ruler on throne is being offered a painted vase by a woman. In the lower register, A monkey scribe is assisted by a rabbit who holds his paint container. On the rim, Hunahpú shoots at Iguana while a rabbit lies dead. Two individuals train a macaw, An old scribe reads a codex while a monkey hovers behind him. A woman gestures to a deity. | Iconographic Elements: Female, Bats, Birds, Blowgun, Bundle, tribute, cache, Codex - book, God N, Monkey, Moon Goddess, Rabbit, Rodents, rats, paca, etc., Ruler, king, cacique, governor, potentate, Scribes, artists, carvers, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Ink or paint container, Sabak Kuch, Throne | |
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Photograph by Justin Kerr Added 1999-08-13
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