The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of April 18, 2024
Seated Lord with Removable Headdress: Figure
600–800
Overall: 21 cm (8 1/4 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 2012.33.a
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
Did You Know?
It is estimated that some 20,000 people were buried on the tiny island of Jaina over a 500-year period.Description
The major Maya grave offerings on Jaina Island were ceramic figurines that depict deities and humans in a variety of roles. The seated figure represents a male, perhaps another warrior, who wears a huge zoomorphic headdress. A skeletal face with articulated jaw descends from the headdress to fit as a mask over the figure’s face.- The figurine was accessioned into the collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute (MWPI) in Utica, New York in 1968 (accession number 68.76). The MWPI deaccessioned the vessel in 2000, when it entered a private collection in the U.S. The results of the Art Loss Register search are pending.
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