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Exploring the Past, Engaging the Future

Fluted Brownware Bowl, Maya, 200-500 AD.

The elegant artistry on this thin-walled burnished bowl portrays the Maya concept of the cosmos with a spiral depicting a "sky-serpent," probably representing the Milky Way, combined with other celestial symbols. (Courtesy of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation)