Ceramic effigy rattle
Estampas del Popol-Vuh: Plate 1
Jaina Island style solid ceramic seated male effigy wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and arm cuffs on each arm / Mesoamerican; Mayan
Essay/Description
Ceramic seated male effigy. Jaina Island style. Mold formed. Figure wearing a headdress, earrings, necklace, and arm cuffs on each arm.
Jaina Island lies off the coast of the Mexican state of Campeche in the Yucatan Peninsula. It is the site of a Mayan necropolis or a large cemetery where ceramic figurines were often interred with the dead.