Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants sterling seagull brooch This 1858 copy of American

This 1858 copy of American Text Book for Letters penmanship instruction book

WV 1997) when I found this drawing--I just completely fell in love with her face

It weighs about 3 1/2 pounds

which must have part of something pretty spectacular

noting “too much black

Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants sterling seagull brooch This 1858 copy of AmericanI'm not knowledgable enough about pre Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from, but it was identified to me as Central American. I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it, which, as positioned in my first photo, suggests an excellent skull and crossbones sort of mask at center. (Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin!) And then a triangle pointing to the rim, with what looks a bit like a figure in