Cup Cover
37-12-43B
From: Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon District | Chimuxan | Saite
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 37-12-43B |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Provenience | Guatemala | Department of Alta Verapaz | Cahabon District | Chimuxan | Saite |
| Culture Area | Central American |
| Locus | Lower cave |
| Period | Post-Classic Maya |
| Date Made | 1000-1400 CE |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Ceramic | Pigment |
| Description | Heavy, coarse reddish ware; eroded painting in red, blue, and cream. Hemispherical, in form of animal head, probably jaguar, in very high relief with sloping spikes probably representing fur; wide open perforated mouth with teeth. |
| Height | 8 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 28.1 cm |
| Credit Line | Guatemalan Expedition; Robert Burkitt, 1937 |
| Other Number | 1153 - Field No SF |
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