tlatollotl: Shell paint palette Maya Late Classic Period, 550–850 AD Object Place: Guatemala,
tlatollotl: Shell paint palette Maya Late Classic Period, 550–850 AD Object Place: Guatemala, Mexico, or Belize Palette for holding water-based paints carved from a large conch shell. The palette is carved asf the formal pose of Maya court painters portrayed on the pictorial ceramics, with fingers curled towards the palm and the thumb or forefinger pointing forwards. MFA -- source link