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Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)
Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_threequarter_left_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5_view01.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5_view01.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5-2.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5-2.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5-1.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5-1.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_threequarter_right_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5_side.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5_side.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.85.262.5.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_back_PS11.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_front_bw.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_front_bw.jpg)

Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_back_bw.jpg)

Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_back_bw.jpg)

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Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)

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CULTURE Maya
MEDIUM Ceramic and pigment
DATES 600–800
PERIOD Late Classical Period
DIMENSIONS 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm) mount: 10 1/4 × 4 1/4 × 3 1/2 in. (26 × 10.8 × 8.9 cm)  (show scale)
COLLECTIONS Arts of the Americas
ACCESSION NUMBER 85.262.5
CREDIT LINE Gift of Frederic Zeller
PROVENANCE Prior to 1965, provenance not yet documented; by 1965, acquired by Aaron Furman Gallery, New York, NY; April 1965, purchased from Aaron Furman Gallery by Frederic Zeller of Sag Harbor, NY; 1985, gift of Frederic Zeller to the Brooklyn Museum.
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CAPTION Maya. Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle), 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)
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Maya. <em>Woman Sheltering a Man (Rattle)</em>, 600–800. Ceramic and pigment, 8 × 4 × 3 in. (20.3 × 10.2 × 7.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Frederic Zeller, 85.262.5. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 85.262.5_overall_PS11.jpg)

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