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Tripod Bowl Containing Copal and Jadeite Beads
Not on view
Remarkably well preserved by the oxygen-deprived environment at the bottom of the Sacred Cenote, this ceramic bowl was found filled with twenty pellets of copal—a tree resin used as ritual incense—and five jadeite beads of various shapes. In this distinctive testament of Maya devotion, the materials symbolically unite the clay of the earth, the sap of the tree, and the green of maize.
Notablemente preservado por la falta de oxígeno en el fondo del Cenote Sagrado, este cuenco de cerámica contenía veinte pedazos de copal, una resina de árbol utilizada como incienso ritual, y cinco cuentas de jadeíta de formas variadas. En este singular testamento de la devoción maya, los materiales unen simbólicamente la arcilla de la tierra, la savia de los árboles y el verde del maíz.
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