honorofHeviesso, the
powerful and omnipresent thunder god. On the final
Mami spirit entered a woman's body
day of the event, the
in the formof a snake. Lured by the spraying of toiletwater and
whitepowder
and therhythms the
of drums, snakeslithered
the
everso slowly her shrine,
to
where sheencountered
desirable
in
items,
including
foodsacrificed herhonor,richly
patterned
cloth, and-the focus of this essay-a range of ceramic vessels
featuringcreatures familiar to her world (FIG.…
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