Ceramic Maya whistle with the Maize God emerging from a flower with the text "Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art" Ceramic Maya whistle with the Maize God emerging from a flower with the text "Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art"
Exhibition

Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art

November 21, 2022 – April 2, 2023

Previously on view at , 999
Free with Museum admission

Divinity Maya Art

Squared vessel, Lo’ Took’ Akan (?) Xok, Slip-painted ceramic with post-fire stucco, Maya

Squared vessel

Lo’ Took’ Akan (?) Xok (Maya, active 8th century)
755–780
Censer stand, Ceramic, traces of pigments, Maya

Censer stand

Maya
ca. 690–720
Censer stand, Ceramic, traces of pigments, Maya

Censer stand

Maya
ca. 690–720
Vessel with mythological scene, Polychromed ceramic, Maya

Vessel with mythological scene

Maya
7th–8th century
Pendant, Jadeite, pigment, Maya

Pendant

Maya
7th–9th century
Deity face pendant, Jadeite or omphacite, iron ochre, Maya

Deity face pendant

Maya
7th–9th century
Deity figure, Jade (pyroxene jadeite), Maya

Deity figure

Maya
3rd–6th century
Deity figure, Jade, Maya

Deity figure

Maya
ca. 680
Conch-shell trumpet, Conch shell, hematite, Maya

Conch-shell trumpet

Maya
4th–6th century
Hieroglyphic block with the name of Itzamnaaj, Sandstone, Maya
Throne back, Limestone, Maya

Throne back

Maya
7th–9th century
Stela with mythological scene, Stone, Maya

Stela with mythological scene

Maya
300 BCE–250 CE
Whistling vessel, Maya artist, Ceramic, Maya

Whistling vessel

Maya artist
400–500 CE
Incised bone with an accession ceremony, Bone, pigment, Maya
Plate with gods shooting blowguns, Ceramic, Maya
Sun God (K’inich), Stucco, Maya

Sun God (K’inich)

Maya
7th–8th century
Panel fragment, Stone, Maya

Panel fragment

Maya
7th–8th century
Censer stand, Ceramic, Maya

Censer stand

Maya
7th–8th century
Plaque, Jade, Maya

Plaque

Maya
4th century
Plaque, Jade, Maya

Plaque

Maya
4th century
Plaque, Jade, Maya

Plaque

Maya
4th century
Plaque, Jade, Maya

Plaque

Maya
4th century
Bead, Jade, Maya

Bead

Maya
4th century
Celt, Jade, Maya

Celt

Maya
4th century
Celts, Jade, Maya

Celts

Maya
4th century
Celt, Jade, Maya

Celt

Maya
4th century
Two ear ornaments, Jade, Maya

Two ear ornaments

Maya
4th century
Lidded vessel with howler monkey, Ceramic, Maya
Lidded vessel with howler monkey, Ceramic, Maya
Lidded vessel with monkey, Ceramic, Maya
Lidded vessel with peccary, Ceramic, Maya
Lidded vessel with mythological turtle, Ceramic, Maya
Embracing couple, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Embracing couple

Maya
7th–9th century
Seated female, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Seated female

Maya
7th–9th century
Vessel with mythical scene, Slip-painted ceramic, Maya

Vessel with mythical scene

Maya
7th–8th century
Cylinder vessel, Earthenware with slip, Maya

Cylinder vessel

Maya
7th–9th century
Incised flake with deity image
, Obsidian, Maya

Incised flake with deity image

Maya
4th–8th century
Incised flake with deity image
, Obsidian, Maya

Incised flake with deity image

Maya
4th–8th century
Incised flake with deity image
, Obsidian, Maya

Incised flake with deity image

Maya
4th–8th century
Rabbit pendant, Shell, pigment, Maya

Rabbit pendant

Maya
7th–9th century
Cylinder vessel with Moon Goddess and other celestial beings, Ceramic, Maya
Cylinder vessel, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Cylinder vessel

Maya
7th–8th century
Lintel with woman in a moon cartouche, Limestone, pigment, Maya
Yax Ahk’ as captive impersonating jaguar deity, Sandstone, Maya
Muwaan Bahlam as captive impersonating jaguar deity, Sandstone, Maya
Throne leg, Limestone, Maya

Throne leg

Maya
ca. 784
Ornaments
, Spondylus shell (spondylus princeps), Maya

Ornaments

Maya
7th–8th century
Vessel with mythological scene, Metropolitan Painter, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Vessel with mythological scene

Attributed to the Metropolitan Painter (active 7th–8th century CE)
7th–8th century
Vessel with mythological scene, Metropolitan Painter, Ceramic, Maya

Vessel with mythological scene

Attributed to the Metropolitan Painter (active 7th–8th century CE)
7th–8th century
Vessel with mythological scene, Ceramic, Maya

Vessel with mythological scene

Maya
7th–8th century
Tripod plate with mythological scene, Ceramic with red, cream, and black slip, Maya
Lidded tetrapod bowl with paddler and peccaries, Ceramic, cinnabar, Maya
Lidded tetrapod bowl
, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Lidded tetrapod bowl

Maya
4th–5th century
Eccentric flint depicting a canoe with passengers, Flint, Maya
Incised flake with deity image, Obsidian, Maya
Eccentric flint depicting a canoe with passengers, Chert, Maya
Scepter with profile figures, Flint, Maya

Scepter with profile figures

Maya
7th–8th century
Crocodile whistle and rattle, Ceramic, pigment, Maya
Vessel with water bird and hieroglyphic text, Ceramic, Maya
Bird ornament, Shell, Maya

Bird ornament

Maya
600–800
Chahk, Limestone, Maya

Chahk

Maya
9th century
Codex-style plate, Earthenware, paint, slip, Maya

Codex-style plate

Maya
680–740
Maize God in corn husk, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Maize God in corn husk

Maya
7th–9th century
Maize God emerging from a flower, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Maize God emerging from a flower

Maya
7th–9th century
Maize God emerging from a flower, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Maize God emerging from a flower

Maya
7th–9th century
Maize God, Limestone, Maya

Maize God

Maya
715
Bowl with the Maize God as cacao tree, Carbonate stone, Maya
Pair of carved ornaments with the Maize God
, Shell, Maya
Pair of carved ornaments with the Maize God, Shell, Maya
Vessel with the rebirth of the Maize God, Ceramic, pigment, Maya
Vessel with Maize God myths, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Vessel with Maize God myths

Maya
7th–9th century
Plate with the Maize God emerging from a water lily, Ceramic, pigment, Maya
Plate with dancing Maize God, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Plate with dancing Maize God

Maya
7th–9th century
Head of aged being, Stucco, Maya

Head of aged being

Maya
7th–9th century
Head of aged being, Stucco, Maya

Head of aged being

Maya
7th–9th century
Head of aged being
, Stucco, Maya

Head of aged being

Maya
7th–9th century
Glyph block, Stucco, Maya

Glyph block

Maya
7th–8th century
Glyph block, Stucco, Maya

Glyph block

Maya
7th–8th century
Glyph block, Stucco, Maya

Glyph block

Maya
7th–8th century
Vessel with scribe, Ceramic, Maya

Vessel with scribe

Maya
4th–5th century
King Jaguar Bird Tapir, Sandstone, Maya

King Jaguar Bird Tapir

Maya
early 7th century
Whistle with an old man emerging from a flower, Ceramic, pigment, Maya
Ancestor emerging from a flower
, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Ancestor emerging from a flower

Maya
7th–9th century
Codex-style vessel with scribe, Ceramic, pigment, Maya
Pendant with monkey head, Shell, Maya
Codex-style vessel, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Codex-style vessel

Maya
8th century
King Yihk’in Chan K’awiil on a palanquin, Zapote wood, Maya
Lady K’abal Xook conjuring a supernatural warrior, Limestone, Maya
Panel with royal woman, K'in Lakam Chahk, Limestone, Maya

Panel with royal woman

Various Artists
795
Cylinder vessel, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Cylinder vessel

Maya
7th–9th century
Cylinder vessel, Ceramic, pigment, Maya

Cylinder vessel

Maya
7th–9th century
King Yuknoom Took’ K’awiil, Sak[...] Yuk[...] Took’, Limestone, Maya
A feast at the court of King Itzam K’an Ahk II, Wajaat Na Chahk, Dolomite, Maya

A feast at the court of King Itzam K’an Ahk II

Wajaat Na Chahk and a collaborator
ca. 782–795
Throne with two lords in the eyes of a mountain, K'in Lakam Chahk, Dolomite, Maya
Column, Limestone, Maya

Column

Maya
800–900