Effigy Bottle

shape of a mountain cat. The painting represents 2 jaguar skins stretched from the modeled head 1 along each side, with cording at back; 2 stylized birds on each shoulder. Rear proper left leg missing

Narrow-necked jar/bottle with an effigy-zoomorphic body, cylindrical neck, rounded rim, no handles, and a footed base. The vessel is shaped like a jaguar with a hollow head and four legs. The vessel is painted delineating the features of the jaguar in white, black, red, and orange. There are two painted birds towards the front of the body. There appears to be a burnished finish on the exterior. The vessel was likely fired in an oxidizing atmosphere as the ceramic paste is orange in color. The catalogue number is written on the bottom. Black ink on the bottom reads: "955."