In the spring of 1992, University Museum excavators of the ancient Maya city of Copan made the remarkable discovery of […]
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Maya artists produced world-class pottery. To make their pottery, the ancient Maya used clay from the riverbeds. They strengthened it by adding calcite, quartz, or volcanic ash.
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an ancient painted ceramic vase from the Maya of Campeche Mexico. Art Museum of St Louis
The painted scene depicts a man preparing for a ritual performance. He looks into a mirror held by a standing attendant while a kneeling attendant applies red paint to his buttocks. Two women hold performance objects, including what may be a small rattle and a mask depicting an aged male face. Hieroglyphic texts include the Primary Standard Sequence painted around the vase's rim and short phrases painted within the scene that record the activity and name the participants.
This cylindrical terracotta Mayan war vase, depicting a battle scene, is one of Samuel Merrin's favorite pieces. (Although recomposed ...
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UPDATE3 : It’s over – the endurance test that was Sotheby’s auction of Pre-Columbian artifacts from the Barbier-Mueller collection ended as inauspiciously as it began – in t…
