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THBMaya Ulua Valley Polychrome Cylinder w/ God Tohil
Lot 189a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Pre-Columbian, Mayan Territories, Honduras, Ulua Valley, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery cylinder vessel of sizable form bearing tall walls, a thick rim, and a trio of tab-shaped feet protruding from the bottom. The light orange exterior is decorated with hundreds of petite diamond shapes - each filled with a few slender lines to form lattice patterns - that surround 3 rondels depicting the god Tohil (also Tojil). Tohil was primarily a fire deity associated with the sun but was also conversely the god of rain, and was later the principal deity of the K'iche' Maya people in the Late Postclassic Period into the time of the Spanish Conquest. Tohil was also a god of war who demanded blood sacrifices according to the Popul Vuh, so a vessel like this example was perhaps used to pay tribute to him in ceremonial fashion. Size: 6.875" W x 7.375" H (17.5 cm x 18.7 cm)
Provenance: private Hawaii, USA collection; ex-Ft. Knox Antiquities, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, September 20, 2005; ex-collection of a California, USA attorney
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#177585Repaired as shown with chips, some areas of loss, and visible adhesive residue along break lines. Abrasions and nicks to surfaces, with fading to areas of pigment, light earthen deposits, and a few small spalls. Nice preservation to decorative motif. Previous inventory label beneath base.Condition
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