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Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)
Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)
Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view02_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view02_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view01-1.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view01-1.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view01.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_detail_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_detail_acetate_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view03_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view03_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view02-1.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view02-1.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view02.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view02.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view03.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view03.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view04.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view04.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view05.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: , CUR.37.2782PA_view05.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view04_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view04_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view03-1.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view03-1.jpg)

Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view04-1.jpg)

Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.37.2782PA_view04-1.jpg)

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CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic, pigment
DATES 700-900
PERIOD Late Classic period
DIMENSIONS 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 37.2782PA
CREDIT LINE Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund
PROVENANCE Prior to 1844, provenance not yet documented; by 1844, acquired by Benjamin Moore Norman of New Orleans, LA; 1844, gift of Benjamin Moore Norman to the New-York Historical Society, New York, NY; 1937, loaned by the New-York Historical Society to the Brooklyn Museum; 1950, purchased from the New-York Historical Society by the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Maya. Cylindrical Vessel, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)
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Maya. <em>Cylindrical Vessel</em>, 700-900. Ceramic, pigment, 9 5/16 x 5 x 5 in. (23.7 x 12.7 x 12.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Frank Sherman Benson Fund and the Henry L. Batterman Fund, 37.2782PA. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 37.2782PA_view01_PS11.jpg)

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