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Paint Pot
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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Paint Pot

Artist/Maker (Mesoamerica)
Dateca. 600-900
Mediumpottery and paint
DimensionsOverall: 1 5/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/4 in. (4.1 x 4.8 x 5.7 cm)
ClassificationsContainers
Credit LineGift of Dr. and Mrs. Allan A. Kaplan
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    Object number81.0351
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    DescriptionThis very small pot was used to hold pigment, perhaps for decorating a Maya ceramic vase or bark book, or for facial and body tattoos. It is decorated with a bearded face, which may reference the Sun god, Kinich Ahau, or one of the pahuatuns, the four old gods of the earth.

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