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Exploring the Early Americas The Jay I. Kislak Collection
Vessel with War and Sacrifice Themes (40.1)

Tall black-background vase with Teotihuacán-Maya war and sacrifice themes.
Guatemalan Lowlands. Maya, AD 600–900.
Polychrome ceramic.
Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (40.1)
Photo ©Justin Kerr, Kerr Associates

Vessel with War and Sacrifice Themes 

Scholars disagree on the interpretation of this vessel. However, most believe that the vessel includes Teotihuacán and Maya cultural references. The two prominent “birds” include Teotihuacán military symbolism as well as the Maya sky god in his avian form.
 

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