A large Colima Fluted Parrot Vessel, Late Formative-Early Classic Period, ca. 250 BCE - 100 CE Amulets - Power interspersed with small garnet spacer

interspersed with small garnet spacer beads

“Ptah-Pataikos

shining like the sun—and put in him and the primeval ox

Presented on a custom mount

Some panels were probably framed by a red grenade fillet

A large Colima Fluted Parrot Vessel, Late Formative-Early Classic Period, ca. 250 BCE - 100 CE Amulets - Power interspersed with small garnet spacerThis large and beautifully fluted vessel is made of highly polished red earthenware and was likely a grave offering placed in a tomb in West Mexico. Many such vessels were made, with fluted sides possibly representing calabash fruits seen in the Comala style from Colima. More broadly, they represent the agricultural plenty that would have been needed for the underworld. Here, parrots with wings folded tightly on their backs form tripod supports and