| Description | Incense burner with a decorated lid and pedestal base in Teotihuacan style. It features a bell-shaped lid with lateral handles, decorated with a human face framed within a circular medallion. The lid serves as the pedestal for a reliquary figure (often referred to as a “guest” or “host” figure), depicting an elderly individual wearing a rounded headdress resembling a hat and a skirt. The large ear ornaments are made of Spondylus shells, a spiny orange-red mollusk highly valued for jewelry and ritual use. In his right hand, the figure holds a severed trophy head. On the chest, there is a small opening with a removable cover that, when lifted, reveals the face of another individual wearing a decorated headdress. The base, not shown here, is biconical or hourglass-shaped and decorated with a motif of triangles joined at their vertices, resembling a bow-tie design. * Pacific Coast of Guatemala, in the vicinity of Tiquisate and La Gomera, Escuintla. |
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| Exhibitions | 1. “THE HUMAN FIGURE AND BODY DECORATION IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES”. Centro de Formación de la Cooperación Española, Antigua Guatemala (jul. 17, 2016- feb. 26 2017) 2. Exhibited in the lobby of the Hotel Hyatt Centric Guatemala from august 2017 to october 7, 2020 3. Library of the CIT Building at the Universidad del Valle de Guatemala (Special Collections Section). Lot #1 for indefinite time since june 3, 2021 |
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