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Disk G

800–900 CE
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
During the ninth century, Maya artists learned to work gold, a material new to the region. They imported gold disks from what is today Panama or Costa Rica, reworking them in a distinctive style and employing Maya iconography. On this example, warriors in a canoe, at right, pursue other figures on small rafts.




Durante el siglo IX, los artistas mayas aprendieron a trabajar el oro, un material nuevo en la región. Importaban discos de oro del actual Panamá o Costa Rica, transformándolos y adaptándolos al estilo y a la iconografía maya. El disco G muestra guerreros en una canoa, persiguiendo a otros en pequeñas balsas.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Disk G
  • Date: 800–900 CE
  • Geography: Mexico, Yucatan
  • Culture: Maya
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: H. 9 7/16 × W. 7 7/8 × D. 1/16 in. (24 × 20 × 0.1 cm)
  • Classifications: Metalwork-Ornaments, Gold
  • Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Peabody Museum Expedition, 1907–1910 (10-71-20/C10067)
  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing