About This Artwork
Early Classic Maya
Petén region, Guatemala
Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary HeadsA.D. 200/300
Ceramic and pigment
24.8 x 25.4 cm (9 3/4 x 10 in.)
Joanne M. and Clarence E. Spanjer and African and Amerindian Curator's Discretionary funds; O. Renard Goltra and National Docent Symposium endowments; African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund; David Soltker and Irving Dobkin endowments, 2008.206
Exhibition, Publication and Ownership Histories
Ownership History
Louisiana Galley (Joan Crystal), Houston, Tex., by mid-/late 1970s, probably before 1977 [letter from Marianne Huber in curatorial file]; sold to Balene McCormick, Houston, Tex., then Santa Fe, N.Mex., mid-/late 1970s, probably 1977 [letter from Marianne Huber and note from curator in curatorial file]; sold to Robert and Marianne Huber Fine Arts (Huber Primitive Art), Dixon, Ill. and N.Y., after 1977; sold to the Art Institute, 2008.