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Merrin Gallery, New York [1]; February 17, 1982, sold to the Princeton University Art Museum.\n</p>\n<p>\n\tNotes:\n\t<br />\n\t[1] According to conversation/correspondence (2011) between Alphonse Jax, Stacy Goodman, and Bryan R. Just, it is said that “Palomeque of Mérida” had seven of these objects, all from near Chetumal. Six were sold to Alphonse Jax while the last one, judged the best of the group, was kept. The seventh object was later sold on to dealers Kamffer and Merrin before being sold to Princeton.\n</p>","remarks":null},{"texttype":"Online","textpurpose":"Gallery Label","textentryhtml":"Pottery can be painted in vibrant colors after firing, allowing for a much greater chromatic range than is possible when slips are applied before low-temperature firing. Most post-firing coloration on Maya ceramics has faded or eroded, but this figure offers a rare, well-preserved example of polychrome. The application of the paint, with solid zones of even, bright color and thick defining outlines, is typical of the book-painting style of central Mexico, Puebla, and Oaxaca, which spread throughout Mesoamerica in the Late Postclassic period (1350–1521) and became an important feature of the International Style. The subject matter of this effigy is an international hybrid: The figure is a fully modeled male who is “diving,” with feet up and head and hands down. The angled lines on the face—a motif borrowed from central Mexico—and the tamales he holds in each hand identify the figure as a late variant of the Maya maize god.\n","remarks":"AAA3_20-T6-3_CLA_FA.pdf  - Day 1 installation"}],"datebegin":1350,"sortnumber":"1982   15y","published_date":"2026-03-05 09:06:58.104896","objectid":32714,"dimensions":"12.7 × 11.5 × 11.8 cm (5 × 4 1/2 × 4 5/8 in.)","on_view":true}