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Plate
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Plate

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 3 1/2 x 15 3/8 in. (8.9 x 39.1 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stoetzer
Terms
    Object number86.0199
    On View
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    DescriptionLarge plates such as this one were made to hold tamales and other sacred foods for feasts and funerary offerings. The image on this plate of a masked man wearing a full jaguar pelt and carrying a staff or spear suggests a ruler or court dancer in full, high-status regalia. The loose lines of the figural art on this piece are characteristic of polychrome pottery from Campeche.

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