POLYCHROMED MAYAN TRI-FOOTED RATTLE BOWL mammoform fertility terracotta pottery For Sale
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POLYCHROMED MAYAN TRI-FOOTED RATTLE BOWL mammoform fertility terracotta pottery:
$660.00
Measures 11.5" wide, 5" high.
This is an authentic polychromed Mayan rattle bowl
with mammiform legs and designed to be used in
Mayan fertility ceremonies. Fertility would be assured
by a ceremony in which a meal would be prepared,
served in this special bowl, shaken with the rattles,
and then eaten. The rattles in the mammiform legs
would imbue the food with fertile spirits and a woman
would soon find herself with child!
For a short while, during the mid twentieth
century these 'authentic' Mayan bowls
were made by the Salvadoran people as they
had been made centuries earlier.
It is often nearly impossible for an amateur collector
to distinguish these, now, fifty plus year old Mayan
replicas from pieces many centuries older.
Each was handmade slowly and each was unique.
There was no assembly line production. Changes in the
political climate at the end of the seventies and the
nationalization of many industries also ended the
production of these artifacts. Extremely few were made -
even fewer remain and appear on the marketplace.
This is the most superb one we have ever seen.
The mammiform legs are delightful and the look
and presence of this rattle bowl is off the charts.
It is an artistic treasure of great beauty
and the piece presents sensationally.
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