Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Sicán culture, Pre-Columbian

900 - 1100

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Bowl, Maya culture, Pre-Columbian, earthenware and slip
Standing figure wearing earspools, necklace and headdress
Vessel in the Form of a Coatimundi, Colima culture, Pre-Columbian, fired clay and slip
Earthenware bowl with light brown clay body under red slip, burnished, and incised through the slip. Bowl forms body of standing animal figure, probably a jaguar, and four curved legs and feet support the bowl. Jaguar head has open grimacing mouth with peg-like teeth, bulbous nose, round ears. A pointed, hollow, stumpy tail emerges from rear of bowl. Surface of vessel adorned with incised patterns.