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Pedestal dish with a dancing saurian

CultureCoclé
OriginCentral Panama
PeriodEarly Postclassic period (900-1200)
Date800-1000
MediumEarthenware with slip
DimensionsOverall: 14 x 29.2 cm (5 1/2 x 11 1/2 in.)
DescriptionPolychrome pedestal plate, Early Postclassic Period, with dancing Crocodile God.
Credit LineGift of George and Helen Gardiner
Object numberG83.1.1255
Classifications
Ancestral Abiayala
Sub-classification
Intermediate
Status
On view
Artist / Maker: Coclé artist(s)
700-900
Object number: G83.1.1256
Artist / Maker: Mixtec artist(s)
1325-1520
Object number: G83.1.97
Artist / Maker: Coclé artist(s)
700-900
Object number: G83.1.1254
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
450-550
Object number: G83.1.139
Artist / Maker: Colima or Jalisco artist(s)
300 BCE - 300 CE
Object number: G83.1.34
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
675-725
Object number: G83.1.137
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
550-650
Object number: G83.1.120
Artist / Maker: Maya artist(s)
350-450
Object number: G83.1.132
Artist / Maker: Moche artist(s)
450-550
Object number: G83.1.162