A Ceramic Head of Ek Chuaj

Ceramic

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El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Name/Title

A Ceramic Head of Ek Chuaj

Entry/Object ID

A-215

Description

A small ceramic head depicting a bald man with black paint around his mouth and one tooth. Based on his appearance, it is possible this is a representation of the Mayan god Ek Chuaj (also known as God M, the merchant god.)

Context

See the link below to learn more about Ek Chuaj!

Collection

El Camino College Anthropology Museum

Category

Archaeology

Acquisition

Accession

78.02.03

Source or Donor

George Woodruff

Ethnography

Cultural Region

* Untyped Cultural Region

Honduras

Culture/Tribe

Mayan

Notes

Probably Post Classic Maya

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Notes

He has an old hole in his forehead, with a crack running from the hole over the tops of his head through the triangular hole in the back of his head to the base of his neck. He also has gouge marks in his forehead, left cheek, and the top and back of his head. There is some battering or scrapping on his left side. His neck also has small crack; he was obviously a part of a larger object.

Web Links and URLs

Ek Chuaj