Description

A clay vessel painted and incised with pre-columbian designs. The vessel has natural imagery, repeating shapes, and painted depictions of figures in the chac-mool style. Chac-mool refers to a form of pre-Columbian sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting itself on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its stomach. These figures possibly symbolised slain warriors carrying offerings to the gods. The vessel rests on three short feet incised with mayan heads.