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

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 1 3/4 x 3 x 2 3/8 in. (4.4 x 7.6 x 6 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of The Institute of Maya Studies
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    Object number80.0038
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    DescriptionSmall jars like this one were used to hold pigments for painting Maya ceramics or bark books, or perhaps for cosmetics. This turtle effigy jar has been decorated with a lead-based slip and fired at a very high temperature. This technique travelled from Central Mexico down the Pacific Coast. Many Mesoamerican people believed the world rested on the back of a land turtle.

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