Image - Cacao Pod Vessel - K6706 © Justin Kerr FAMSI © 2002:
Saburo Sugiyama
 

Censer Symbolism and the State Polity in Teotihuacán

Ritual Ceramics at a Workshop in the Ciudadela, Teotihuacán: Catalog
by Carlos Múnera B. and Saburo Sugiyama

I.  Phytomorphic:  Realistic and Schematized Representations.
Photo No. 1.
a, B, c, d, e,  f ,  g , h, i. Maize ears, variants.
Photo No. 2.
a. Fruit similar to cacao’s, excepting for the presence of the peduncle.
b. Squash.
Photo No. 3.
A,  b , c. Vegetable, variants.
Photo No. 4.
A,  b , c, d, e. Chile, variants.
Photo No. 5.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i, j. Possible cacao fruits.
k. Fruit.
Photo No. 6.
A, b, c, d, e, f. Fruits.
Photo No. 7.
A,  b . Cacao ear. The prehispanic mold was elaborated with a real cacao ear.
Photo No. 8.
A,  b , c. Cactaceous.
Photo No. 9.
a, b, c, d, e. Cactaceous, variants.
Photo No. 10.
 a , B, C, d, E,  f , G,  h , I,  j , k, l, m. Probable cotton flower, variants.
Photo No. 11.
A,  b , c, d, E,  f , g, h, I,  j , k, l, m, n. Water lilies.
Photo No. 12.
A,  b , c, d, e, F,  g , H,  i , j, k, l, m, n, O,  p , Q,  r . Flowers.
Photo No. 13.
a, b, c, d, e, f, g, h, i. Flowers, variants.
Photo No. 14.
A, b, c, D,  e . Branches with leaves and one flower.
Photo No. 15.
A,  b , c, d, e, f, g, h, I, j, k, l, m, n, o. Leaves, variants.
Photo No. 16.
a. Flower with a central mouth from which two virguled words emerge.

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