Object ID: 1998.01.19

Maya Cylinder Jar

This cylinder vase is made of raw terracotta. Cylinder vases were used for drinking a beverage made of cacao (chocolate). Maya people often painted or incised images and glyphs onto their pottery. What does the design on this jar look like to you? What might it represent?

Catalog Record

Culture/Ethnicity: Maya

Object Name: Vase

Other Name: Mayan Vase

Artist/Creator: NA

Locale: Quiche

Use: Ceremony/Ritual/Religion/Domestic Use

Construction: Coiled

Height: 17

Length: 10.5

Width: 10.5

Location: Kent Hall, East Gallery, Unit_2, Shelf_4

Description: Cylinder vase/jar is not slipped, glazed or polished. It has an etched. stylized design which appears in full on both sides. Straight, vertical sides.

Source: Horace and Patricia Poeter