Pottery wheel

Museum number:
3-377a
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.1103 and Acc.53
Description:
Pottery making support (kabal); carved wood with rectangular upper surface, 19 X 15.5 cm, and disc base, 9.5 cm dia; 4.5 cm high. The stand is rotated with the feet.
Donor:
Crocker-Reid Fund and Mrs. Chelton Hill
Collection place:
Tikal, Petén, Guatemala
Culture or time period:
Maya
Collector:
Zelia Nuttall
Collection date:
May 1902
Object type:
ethnography
Object class:
Pottery
Accession date:
1953 and September 12, 1902
Department:
Mexico, Central America, and Caribbean area
Loans:
S1966-1967 #2: Upward Bound/Lawrence Crouchett (July 14, 1966–July 14, 1966)
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Pottery wheel, accession number 3-377a, described as Pottery making support (kabal); carved wood with rectangular upper surface, 19 X 15.5 cm, and disc base, 9.5 cm dia; 4.5 cm high. The stand is rotated with the feet.
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Pottery wheel, accession number 3-377a, described as Pottery making support (kabal); carved wood with rectangular upper surface, 19 X 15.5 cm, and disc base, 9.5 cm dia; 4.5 cm high. The stand is rotated with the feet.

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