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Object Number
07-7-20/C4541
Display Title
Deer effigy vessel with offering
Descriptions
Object Description
Deer effigy vessel containing copal resin and elongated mass of latex rubber.
Inventory Description
Complete animal effigy bowl, polychrome, annular base, filled with organic mater
Classification
- Effigy
Department
Archaeological
Date
AD 1300 - AD 1539
Culture
- Maya
- Middle- Late Postclassic Period (Mesoamerica)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
/
Mexico
/
Yucatan
/
<County>
/
<City>
/
Chichen Itza
Intrasite
Sacred Cenote
Materials
Ceramic, Copal, Rubber, Pigment
Dimensions
Overall: 11 x 18.5 x 23 cm (4 5/16 x 7 5/16 x 9 1/16 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
07-7-20/C4541
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, E. H. Thompson, Director, 1904-1907
Provenance
Collector
Edward Herbert Thompson
(1904-1907)
Expedition
Peabody Museum Expedition
(1904-1907)
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