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Cempoala pottery head

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A pottery fragment depicting the head of a mythical animal with avian features. Reputedly found at the important site of Cempoala in modern Mexico.

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Cempoala, 1st Millennium AD

Fragment as shown

Size: 3.3 x 2.5 cms

Ex. private collection, UK. Small paper label under base and an ink inscription on the back recording the find-spot as "Cempuala".