Incensario with Alligator on Lid, Nicoya culture, Pre-Columbian, fired clay

Incensario with Alligator on Lid

Nicoya culture, Pre-Columbian

1000 - 1250

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An important bowl from the Peten area; has scene from underworld; principle figure is deer in black and white; two seated figures; above the deer is a red tab containing two vertical glyphs. there is a red and black rim band and a similar basal band. Figures painted in red outlined in black; all on orange ground.
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