Ulúa-Style Marble Vase Project: Dissemination of Results

Group 3:  Feline Handles

In contrast to Groups 1 and 2, Group 3 vessels have dual lug feline handles, save for the one single handle example. In many cases the feline lacks a tail, in others the tail is bound and may include a spiny back crest. Both tripod and ring-supports are represented in this group. There is a high probability of upper border types incorporating voussure or mat motifs. The main theme includes profile heads and, often, frontal heads.

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Group 3:  Feline Handles
Sub-Group 3A:  Feline handles lacking bound tails
	Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute Tulane University H. 17.1 39.150   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 49
	Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum NA 5528 (NEG. #G8-19518)   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Santa Ana Ref: Luke Vase 52
	Courtesy of Dumbarton Oaks Washington, D.C. B.561.67.MAS   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 55
	Courtesy of Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 21.3783   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 57
	Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum NA 5529 NEG. #G8-19521   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Santa Ana Ref: Luke Vase 58
Sub-Group 3B:  Feline handles with bound up-turned tail
	Courtesy of the Michael Carlos Museum Emory University Atlanta, Georgia EU 1991.4.380   Region: Guanacaste, Costa Rica Ref: Luke Vase 60
	Museum of the American Indian Smithsonian Institution, Washington D.C. 6.1263   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 61
Sub-Group 3C:  Feline handles with bound tail
	Staatliche Museen zu Berlin - Preußischer Kulturbesitz Ethnologishes Museum VI ca 23490   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Travesía Ref: Luke Vase 66
	Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts 46-26-20/ 17149   Region: Guanacaste, Costa Rica Ref: Luke Vase 69
	British Museum, London, England 1931.7 - 17.1   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 72
	Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum NA 5527 NEG. #G8-19514 (Obverse and reserve shown)   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Santa Ana Ref: Luke Vase 76
Sub-Group 3D:  Double-headed or multiple feline handles with a ring support
	Courtesy of the Middle American Research Institute Tulane University H.1.3 38.58   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Santa Ana Ref: Luke Vase 78
	Courtesy of the University of Pennsylvania Museum NA 5526 NEG. #S4-140361   Region: Ulúa Valley Site: Santa Ana Ref: Luke Vase 79

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