Ear Spool

Maya culture, Guatemala, Pre-Columbian

600 - 900

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Sculpture depicting nude woman reclining on grinding surface of jaguar effigy metate.
Globular shaped vessel with tapering lips. Lower zone of vessel forming the body of an armidillo, supported on four legs, with tail curling around one side, and head emerging from shell. The upper portion of the vessel painted with two zones of geometric designs. Orange, red, brown, black, and cream.
Flared pedestal support; interior of platter painted with snakes or eels, red and violet paint on an orange slip ground; exterior painted in red and black geometric designs
Pendant in form of a bat created with open back casting technique with core extracted. Figure has outstretched, bifurcated wings, small erect pointed ears, round protruding eyes, long, flat snout with curled nostrils; smiling, open, fanged mouth with long tongue unfurled onto abdomen; feet at bottom of figure, each with four curled claws. Narrow loop of gold across back for suspension of pendant.