Bird. Maya, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. Earthenware and paint. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection [3060×4080] [OC]
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Bird. Maya, Mexico or Guatemala, ca. 600-900 AD. Earthenware and paint. Museum of Fine Arts, Houston collection [3060×4080] [OC]
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https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/75091/bird
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[Maya
Mexico or Guatemala
Bird, 600-900
Earthenware and paint
Gift of Frank Carroll in memory of Anne Carroll
The Maya were talented creators of highly realistic sculpture. This hollow figurine of a bird was once painted bright blue. It may be a bluebird, a species of bird with bright blue and rust plumage.
2015.289]