Seated male figure, likely portraying a Maya ruler in the guise of a deity associated with blood sacrifice, wears a zoomorphic headdress surmounted by a cartouche in which originally was painted his name or noble title (now eroded). He wears a large pectoral depicting a humanoid face, which may...
Provenance
Collected between 1974 and 1981 by John Fulling, Art Collectors of November, Inc., Florida (and known as the "November Collection"); to Landon T. Clay, Boston, Massachusetts, in 1987; to MFA, December 1988, gift of Landon T. Clay.
Credit Line
Gift of Landon T. Clay
Maya, Early Classic Period, A.D. 400–550
Object Place
Tikal area, Department of El Petén, Guatemala
Dimensions
56 cm height (22 1/16 in.)
Accession Number
1988.1226a
Medium or Technique
Earthenware: black, red, and white slip paint