Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary Heads by Maya
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Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary Heads

Maya · 200–300 CE

Provenance

Ownership history

  1. Louisiana Galley (Joan Crystal), Houston, Tex., by mid-/late 1970s, probably before 1977 [letter from Marianne Huber in curatorial file]; sold to Balene McCormick, Houston, Tex., then Santa Fe, N.Mex., mid-/late 1970s, probably 1977 [letter from Marianne Huber and note from curator in curatorial file]; sold to Robert and Marianne Huber Fine Arts (Huber Primitive Art), Dixon, Ill. and N.Y., after 1977; sold to the Art Institute, 2008.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

Literature

Published references

  • Elizabeth Irene Pope, "Vessel with Bird and Peccary Heads," Notable Acquisitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, Museum Studies 35, 2 (2009), pp. 6-7.
  • Richard Townsend with Elizabeth Pope, <em>Indian Art of the Americas at the Art Institute of Chicago</em> (Art Institute of Chicago, 2016), 198, cat. 156.
  • Matthew Brennan, "Covered Vessel with the Principal Bird and Peccary Heads: 3D Model," Sketchfab, accessed Feb. 2, 2026, <a href="https://skfb.ly/pFXwY">https://skfb.ly/pFXwY</a>.

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