Pre-Columbian, Central America, El Salvador, Maya, Copador type, Late Classic Period, ca. 550 to 900 CE. A hand-built and highly burnished pottery bowl decorated with black and red pigment atop a light orange ground. Within the basin is a procession of 6 stylized turkeys, each with a branch or stem held in its red-painted beak. The turkeys surround a circular panel within the center of the basin. Around the exterior are 9 figures, perhaps scribes, each seated while holding their hands out in front of their bodies. Size: 8.98" Diameter x 4.3" H (22.8 cm x 10.9 cm)

Provenance: private Reinsmoen collection, Clear Lake, Iowa, USA, acquired through descent from Robert Anderson, acquired prior to 2000

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#185335

Minor abrasions and fading to pigment, with light earthen deposits and root marks, otherwise intact and excellent. Great preservation to painted decorations.