Pre-Columbian Maya pottery ear ornaments The open mouth and expressive

The open mouth and expressive visage may symbolize communication with the spiritual realm

The vessel displays an attractive reddish-orange earthenware fabric with ancient mineral deposits and authentic surface wear accumulated through centuries of burial

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Wayne Collection

and modeled lips

Pre-Columbian Maya pottery ear ornaments The open mouth and expressiveMAYA POTTERY EAR ORNAMENTS, GUATEMALA, CLASSIC PERIOD, CA. 250900 ADA fine matched pair of hand modeled and pierced pottery ear ornaments, each uniquely shapedone with a circular gear like form with perforated dot decoration, the other with a radiating star shaped form with a central raised boss; both with flared cylindrical shafts and traces of orange and black pigment remaining. Likely used ceremonially or as elite personal adornment, these