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Squash effigy dish

Maya
Late Classic period
A.D. 650–850
Object Place: Yucatán or Campeche, Mexico

Medium/Technique Earthenware: orange slip paint
Dimensions 11.8 x 15.3 x 15.1 cm (4 5/8 x 6 x 5 15/16 in.)
Credit Line Gift of Alphonse Jax
Accession Number1972.902
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CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsCeramicsPotteryEarthenware

DescriptionTall bowl modeled in the form of a squash.
ProvenanceWith Alphonse Jax, New York, by July 18, 1972; to MFA, September 1972, gift of Alphonse Jax.