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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;2manybooks, post: 9429876, member: 8267&quot;]Undoubtedly a modern recreation, based on Zapotec (pre-columbian Mexican) funerary urns such as this:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]435311[/ATTACH] </p><p><a href="https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/506/urn-with-a-seated-ruler" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/506/urn-with-a-seated-ruler" rel="nofollow">https://emuseum.mfah.org/objects/506/urn-with-a-seated-ruler</a></p><p><br /></p><p>He holds what is called a buccal, or mouth, mask in his mouth.</p><p><br /></p><p>Many styles of pre-columbian ceramics have been reproduced in Mexico since the late 19th century. Some of these reproductions can even be found in museum collections, because they were collected without documented archeological provenience.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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