Mayan Pre-Columbian Blackware Effigy Vessel with Bird glass slide " perhaps the initials of

" perhaps the initials of the carver and the year 1911

Valls (Catalonia

with beautiful hand-stitched seams around the edges and down the back

attached with old iron nails

His backside shows a hairline crack running vertically

Mayan Pre-Columbian Blackware Effigy Vessel with Bird glass slide " perhaps the initials ofI found a note inside of this vessel which identifies is Mayan pre Columbian from Belize and I know it came from the estate of a pre Columbian pottery collector. Of course I love it for the head of the bird pointing out from the lip, and the way the lip is shaped to evince the bird's whole body. From what I understand, the blackened surface would have been achieved through the application of a mineral rich slip, with the monochrome finish designating