Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants vintage hand-drawn postcard 8 1/8" tall x 1

8 1/8" tall x 1 3/4" widest diameter

offer welcome

actually) to allow the taking apart process to begin--and the way the pieces fit together is pretty cool as it reveals itself

and with backs facing and arms overlapping

Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants vintage hand-drawn postcard 8 1/8" tall x 1I'm not knowledgable enough about pre Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from, but it was identified to me as Central American. I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it, which, as positioned in my first photo, suggests an excellent skull and crossbones sort of mask at center. (Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin!) And then a triangle pointing to the rim, with what looks a bit like a figure in