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the flared rim with pronounced pouring spout has a single handle applied between rim and shoulder
often in numbers and usually on the upper torso
from Olmec through the Maya era
Common motifs in Sasanian art
Date: 2009
An impressive Andesite Human Trophy Head, Costa Rica, ca. 1000 - 1500 CE Gaming Pieces the flared rim with pronouncedDisembodied human heads are ubiquitous in the Pre Columbian iconography of Costa Rica and neighboring areas of Panama. Accounts make it clear that indigenous peoples practiced taking and displaying human heads as trophies. In this volcanic stone example, the closed eyes and slack mouth suggest death, while the close fitting cap of geometric design may be of fiber as the form suggests twisted cords or a rattan like material. It was thought that taking
