Head Depicting a Devotee of The Deity Xipe

Veracruz culture, Pre-Columbian

600 - 900

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warrior; shield; club
Amphora-shaped vessel with repeating diamond and dot, negative-resist patterns.
A large plate. The tondo is painted, in red and black, with the figure of a dignitary seated cross-legged on a throne. One arm crosses his chest; the other is on his hip. He wears a flowing headdress with the frontal flume of the Underworld water lily while multiple long black plumes stretched out behind. His girdle and breech cloth are black and white with black ribbons. The wide border, framed by a red rim and basal band, contains four groups of Primary Standars repeat glyphs and numerical symbols in red and black. All on light orange grounf. Some fire clouding.
Vessel, Mexico, Pre-Columbian, earthenware