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Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya
New Exhibition Opening 05 April 2009 through 31 January 2010 at the Penn Museum
Explores Daily Life During Politically Tumultuous Times
Philadelphia, PA, 12 March 2009 - A world-renowned collection of ancient Maya painted pottery, excavated by the University of Pennsylvania Museum nearly a century ago and reinterpreted in light of recent research in the field, provides the centerpiece for Painted Metaphors: Pottery and Politics of the Ancient Maya, a new exhibition opening at the Penn Museum 05 April 2009. Painted Metaphors runs through 31 January 2009, before beginning a multi-city national tour.
Like so many pieces of the famous Chama pottery that conservators meticulously put back together at the Penn Museum, Painted Metaphors yields new clues to understanding everyday life—and changing politics—of the ancient Maya of Guatemala 1,300 years ago.
