Sculptural ceramic ceremonial vessel that represents a puma ML013616

This sculptural ceramic bottle represents a lying puma. Big felines in the Andean region, as the puma and jaguar are animals that symbolize the power of the earthly world. The political and religious leaders of pre-Columbian societies identified with them, and this is expressed in the way they were represented, with feline fangs. (UH)

Esta botella escultórica de cerámica representa un puma echado. Los grandes felinos del área andina, como el puma y el jaguar, son los animales que simbolizan el poder del mundo terrestre. Los líderes político-religiosos de las sociedades precolombinas se identificaban con ellos, y esto se expresó en la manera cómo eran representados, con los colmillos del felino. (UH)