Mayan Pre-Columbian Blackware Effigy Vessel with Bird quebec folk art with fabulous inset portrait of

with fabulous inset portrait of what appears to be an Egyptian woman set against a landscape complete with camel

and surrounded by a decorative pattern of tiny brass nails

With a cloth hinge that is holding tight

each in their own sharp

not so small hand-carved bench seems very much one of a kind to me

Mayan Pre-Columbian Blackware Effigy Vessel with Bird quebec folk art with fabulous inset portrait 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