Mexican Pottery Pre-Columbian Style Teotihuacan Mayan Smoking Pipe Bowl Skull

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Mexican Pottery Pre-Columbian Style Teotihuacan Mayan Smoking Pipe Bowl Skull:
$45.00

This incredible Mexican clay pottery piece comes from the potters of the region of Teotihuacan, Mexico. It is an extra large ceremonial pipe / bowl with a skull surround bowl and serpent legs for the pipe. (or just a great bartop conversation or incense burning piece). Teotihuacan pottery is famous for its mimic and re-interpretation of pre-columbian pottery pieces found in Maya, Aztec, Mixtec and Toltec archeologic sites. It is made in the natural, hand-formed clay style, and is soft fired with a chalky finish and clay slip for a little muted green and copper coloring. Very primitive and rustic feeling. One of a kind for sure. It measures 12\" long by 4\" tall, with a 6 1/2\" diameter bowl rim. I\'m not one for smoking or burning incense, but I\'m sure you can figure it out with 4 holes down in the bowl and 3 holes on a pipe extension. There is no hole between the pipe extension and the bowl, but you could probably create one easily with a drill if you need it.

If you are interested in a little history of Teotihuacan, read further:Teotihuacan (where this piece is from) was a pre-Columbian Mesoamerican city located in a sub valley of the Valley of Mexico, located in the State of Mexico. Although it is a subject of debate whether Teotihuacan was the center of a state empire, its influence throughout Mesoamericais well documented. It is still a mystery as to who built this amazing city.It was built by hand more than a thousand years before the swooping arrival of the Nahuatl-speaking Aztec in central Mexico. But it was the Aztec, descending on the abandoned site, no doubt falling awestruck by what they saw, who gave it a name: Teotihuacan. The cityreached its zenith between 100 B.C. and A.D. 650 and supported a population of a hundred thousand.No matterits principal builders, scholars and evidence suggest that Teotihuacan hosted a patchwork of cultures including the Maya, Mixtec, and Zapotec. One theory says an erupting volcano forced a wave of immigrants into the Teotihuacan valley and that those refugees either built or bolstered the city. The city and the archaeological site are located in what is now the San Juan Teotihuacan municipality in the State of Mexico approximately 25 miles northeast of Mexico City. The site covers a total surface area of 32 square miles and was designated aUNESCO World Heritage Sitein 1987. It is known today as the site of many of the most architecturally significantMesoamerican pyramidsbuilt in thepre-Columbian America, including the Pyramid of the Sun. The artist of this piece is a direct decendant of the former Maya of this region.