Vessel with Feline-Serpent Motif
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Vessel with Feline-Serpent Motif

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This ceramic vessel, dating to (500–1000 AD), combines feline and serpent imagery—both revered in Pre-Columbian cosmologies. Likely used in ceremonial contexts, the intertwined forms suggest dualities of power and fertility. The open mouth symbolizes the threshold between earthly life and spiritual transformation.