Maya Lidded Brownware Effigy Vessel Early Classic, ca. A.D. 250-450

the rotund monkey with open mouth howling with teeth bared, muscular and tensed arms, with incised and scrolling ruff along the back of the head, the shoulder trimmed by beadwork, possibly cacao pods, and incised with concentric diamonds, the base with thin bent legs and phallus resting on the belly, a spout as tail and supported on cylindrical tripod feet.

New York collection

California Private Collection acquired from the above in 1988

Sotheby's, New York, May 17/18, 2000, lot 150

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For spider monkey hoarding cacao pods, as shown on a lid, see Miller and Martin (2004:87, pl. 40).