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Cylinder Vessel
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Cylinder Vessel

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 8 x 4 1/2 in. (20.3 x 11.4 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan A. Kaplan
Terms
    Object number81.0337
    DescriptionTall cylinder vases were made to serve spicy chocolate drinks with a frothy head, and have been found throughout Mesoamerica and as far north as the American Southwest. The inscribed designs on this vase are very abstract and while they contain certain phonetic elements such as yax (blue-green) and na (house), they do not appear to be decipherable. The extent of literacy in ancient Maya society is debated, but it seems clear from vases such as this one that some artists knew a few glyphs but did not have the training to construct an entire glyphic passage.
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 700-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Drinking Vessel (Siana Cup)
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    ca. 570-565 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 650-850
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
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    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    ca. 575-500 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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    ca. 525-510 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
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    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Cylinder Vessel
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 600-900
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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