Image: 6001
File date: 2001-02-12
Caption: Maya Basal Flange Vessel
Description: Maya. painted clay . height 27.9 cm.. Early Classic basal flange vessel with cover. The jaguar's head is three dimensional while his body is rendered as two dimensional. Blood streams from the jaguar, suggesting the animal is a sacrificial victim.
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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