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Image:  5596a

File date:  2001-04-15

Caption:  Vessel in the form of a Decapitated Head

Description:  Maya. Carved and incised clay. MS 1675 Portrait of the decapitated head of a screaming captive. The incised motif on the back may be a version of the ballgame glyph. See 7335 for Tonina panel with ball game glyph. See 7915 for another screaming head.



Photograph by Justin Kerr