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On the swelling organic form of a gourd, the artist incised curved forms that give the viewer an impression of a monstrous animal. While very abstracted, the design is the head of a crocodilian creature. The stylized and simplified decoration recalls not only hieroglyphs but also the woven patterns of Maya blouses, which serve to identify their wearers’ towns of origin even to the present day.
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