Carved Vessel
600–1000
- Medium
- earthenware
- Dimensions
- Overall: 12.1 x 16.3 cm (4 3/4 x 6 7/16 in.)
- Genre
- Ceramics
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Mexico, Campeche, Maya, Chocholá Style
About
A firefly is carved on both sides of this Maya vessel, which is from the Yucatán Peninsula. Among the most common of insects to appear in Maya art, the firefly seems to be associated with things that twinkle in the dark—stars and cigars, the latter a symbol that identifies creatures of the night.