Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants vintage hand-drawn postcard The piece is by widely

The piece is by widely exhibited Cape Dorset Inuit artist Noah Nowdlak (b

were definitely a thing in 19th and early 20th century American painting

8 1/8" tall x 1 3/4" widest diameter

He looks a bit like a gangster to me

Pre-Columbian Clay Bowl with Skull-and-Crossbones-Like Paint Remnants vintage hand-drawn postcard The piece is by widelyI'm not knowledgable enough about pre Columbian pottery to identify where this bowl came from, but it was identified to me as Central American. I immediately fell in love with the remnants of painted decoration on it, which, as positioned in my first photo, suggests an excellent skull and crossbones sort of mask at center. (Or perhaps a cat with a very pointy chin!) And then a triangle pointing to the rim, with what looks a bit like a figure in