Frog bowl
Usage Conditions Apply
- Culture/People
- probably Maya (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Gisele Charat (Gizela Levy Sarapanovschi/Mrs, Hanoh Charat), Non-Indian, 1912-1985
- Seller
- Gisele Charat (Gizela Levy Sarapanovschi/Mrs, Hanoh Charat), Non-Indian, 1912-1985
- Presenter/funding source
- Dr. Arthur M. Sackler, Non-Indian, 1913-1987
- Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (Mrs. Arthur M. Sackler), Non-Indian, 1919-2019
- Object Name
- Frog bowl
- Media/Materials
- Pottery
- Techniques
- Coiled/hand built, modeled
- Dimensions
- 14 x 9.5 x 7.25 cm
- Object Type
- Containers and Vessels
- Place
- Tonalá; Tonalá Municipality, Istmo-Costa Region; Chiapas State; Mexico
- Date created
- AD 250–950 (Classic period)
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of Gisele Charat (1912-1985); purchased by MAI from Gisele Charat in 1965 using funds donated by Dr. Arthur Sackler (1913-1987, a New York City physician, philanthropist, and art collector) and his wife Dr. Marietta Lutze Sackler (1919-2019).
- Catalog Number
- 23/6355
- Barcode
- 236355.000
- See related items
- Maya (archaeological culture)
- Containers and Vessels
- On View
- NMAI, Washington DC: Window on Collections, Animals
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Contact Us
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