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Spouted Jar
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Spouted Jar

Artist/Maker Lenca El Salvador and Honduras
Dateca. 300 BCE-400 CE
CultureLenca
Mediumpottery and slip paint
DimensionsOverall: 7 1/2 x 10 1/4 x 9 1/8 in. (19.1 x 26 x 23.2 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Jose Roberto Rivas, Donaldo Vela and Ricardo Monterrosa
Terms
    Object number86.0094
    On View
    Not on view
    Collections
    • Art of the Ancient Americas
    DescriptionThe Lenca people lived in eastern El Salvador and central-western Honduras and were independent of the Maya city-states around them. They lived in advanced chiefdoms and traded with many cultural groups from Mesoamerica. Large spouted jars such as this one have been found to contain the residue of a frothy chocolate drink used in feasts and ceremonies. This chocolate vessel is decorated with a human head.
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Spouted Jar
    Lenca
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jug
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 300 BCE-400 CE
    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
    Tripod Bowl
    Maya (archaeological culture)
    ca. 650-750
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guatemala Gangs
    Rodrigo Abd
    2003
    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
    Head Crest Mask
    Artist Unknown
    20th century
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Bowl
    Lenca
    ca. 1000-1550
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Drinking Vessel (Siana Cup)
    C Painter
    ca. 570-565 BCE
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Jar
    Greater Nicoya
    ca. 1000-1350
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Tripod Jar
    Central Highlands/Atlantic Watershed
    ca. 500-1000
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Standing Figure
    Bamileke people
    not dated
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