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PROPERTY FROM THE G.A.H. BUISMAN JNZ. COLLECTION
MAYAN CARVED CONTAINER
LATE CLASSIC, CA. A.D. 550 - 950
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MAYAN CARVED CONTAINER
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
of rectangular form, molded on each side with a ballplayer in full garb, with peccary headdress leaning forward towards a humpback, glyph-decorated animal, possibly a rabbit, symbolizing the ball, a clear reference to the cosmic ballgame of the Hero Twins whose ball turns into a rabbit, the ball has an inscription read as 'bolon nahb' deciphered as a 'hand span,' alluding to the circumference of the ball, the glyphs facing the athlete indicate he is speaking, a register of identical glyphs on the side panels interpreted as couplets from poetry and seem to include the words 'green, young and fresh,' possibly an allusion to green tobacco, covered in cream and red pigment.
Height 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)
LATE CLASSIC, ca. A.D. 550 - 950
of rectangular form, molded on each side with a ballplayer in full garb, with peccary headdress leaning forward towards a humpback, glyph-decorated animal, possibly a rabbit, symbolizing the ball, a clear reference to the cosmic ballgame of the Hero Twins whose ball turns into a rabbit, the ball has an inscription read as 'bolon nahb' deciphered as a 'hand span,' alluding to the circumference of the ball, the glyphs facing the athlete indicate he is speaking, a register of identical glyphs on the side panels interpreted as couplets from poetry and seem to include the words 'green, young and fresh,' possibly an allusion to green tobacco, covered in cream and red pigment.
Height 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm.)
來源
William O'Boyle Collection
展覽
Hempstead, Masterpieces of Pre-Columbian Art, Fine Arts Museum of Long Island, February 28 - April 28, 1980.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 60, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
Coral Gables, Pre-Columbian Art from Mesoamerican and Ecuador, Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami, October 9 - November 30, 1980, fig. 60, illus.
Williamstown, The Art of Mesoamerica: Before Columbus, Williams College Museum of Art, September 26 - June 20, 1993.
Geneva, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Library of the Palais des Nations, March 12 - May 31, 2001.
Amsterdam, Sun Kingdoms of the Americas, Museum Geelvinck Hinlopen Huis, May - June, 2002.
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Such ancient flasks were probably designed for tobacco or alkaline lime. These were essentially snuff bottles which may have contained mixtures of tobacco, lime and other ingredients. The contents were chewed or mixed into poultices for medicinal purposes. Such salves were probably used against parasites, for skin conditions and by midwives for magical protection. This tradition of portable receptacles continues among the modern Maya men and women who carry tobacco gourds.