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Pot miniature polychrome and flat oval body, neck and vertical annular base. Painted red and the profile image of a deity lip long, eye iris rod-shaped element and oval at the top of the head with the symbol KAN.
Period: Late Classic period (600-900 AD)
Between the pots miniature veneneras are the ones that draw the most attention because of its size, decoration and variety of forms. Usually in the form of small bottles, received its name by early researchers, which were associated to the bottles of medicines and poisons of the Old Continent.
In Mesoamerica, these bottles are made of ceramic and decorated with scenes of supernatural or hieroglyphics indicate its content, its function or its owner. Among the functions that they may have had have been able to identify the following:
• Containers for pigments used by the artists
• Containers for medicines
• Vessels to smell tobacco
Information and photo obtained from larutamaya.com.gt
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