Rollout Drawing of Carved Bowl Attributed to Eastern Coast of Yucatan
Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 280, Plate 106
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Iconography carved on lid of brownware bowl recovered from mound on Rio Hondo, just north of Belize border. The scenes divide into repeating halves by Waterlily Monsters. Two dead individuals cling to a water band along which Vision Serpents curl.