Ulúa-Style Marble Vase Project: Dissemination of Results

Group 4:  Composite Handles

Group 4 vessels have dual lug composite handles. These handles commonly have a feline head, a bound feline tail and a profile image superimposed on the exterior of the body. There is a high probability of cylinders with ring supports. Whole vases in this group all have upper borders that include voussure and/or mat motifs. Those vases with volutes as part of the main theme all represent frontal heads; vases lacking volutes have a central mat design.

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Group 4:  Composite Handles
Sub-Group 4B:  Two handle ring support vases
	Courtesy of the Cleveland Museum of Art Cleveland, Ohio 90.9   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 84
	Courtesy of the Denver Art Museum Gift of Jan and Fredrick Mayer 1979.329   Region: Ulúa Valley Ref: Luke Vase 85
	Courtesy of Museo Etnografico Castello D’ Albertis, Genoa, Italy   Region: Comayagua Ref: Luke Vase 87
	Courtesy of the Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia Tegucigalpa, Honduras   Region: La Florida Valley Site: El Abra Ref: Luke Vase 93
	From Kidder 1947: Figure 20   Region: Central Maya Lowlands Site: Uaxactún Ref: Luke Vase 94

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