Exploring the Early Americas
The Jay I. Kislak Collection
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Heart-Shaped Vessel
This intact pottery container is a heart-shaped bottle covered with complex iconography, including female and male attributes. The two lobes represent female breasts and the neck, a phallus. Scholars believe these vessels were water containers used in rituals and ceremonies.