Cleveland Museum of Art
Bowl
- Date
- c. 500–1000
- Medium
- molded, carved, and burnished pottery
- Culture
- Mexico, South-central Veracruz
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This mold-made ceramic bowl is decorated with a band of figures depicted in low relief. Most wear masks or grotesque headdresses, and four seem to struggle with deer. The meaning of the scene, which may be drawn from myth, is unknown.
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