Kerr Number: 3844 | Vase Type: Incised | Figure Count: 9 | Height: 20 cm | Diameter: 16.6 cm | Circumference: 55 cm | MS Number: 0 | Owner: | School: | Publications: | Calender Round: | Site: | Comments: Incised black ware with red background. Mythological temple seen in profile with a (infant) baby k'ex sacrifice in a falaming incensario.. six named supernaturals approach the temple carrying bundles and sacrificial blades. All the males have knots and perforators. The deity with large eccentric flint weapon is named as the God of Decapitation. CLICK HERE for the shape of the vessel | Iconographic Elements: Female, Axe, Blowgun, Blood, Conch shell, Curtains, in palace scenes, Hand stone, tri-lobe, Penis perforator, Sacrifice, Self sacrifice, Twins - Hunahpú & Xbalanqué, Primary Standard Sequence, Fire, Throne | |
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Photograph by Justin Kerr Added 1998-11-27
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