Ceramic Dog Sculpture Mexican Archaeology Replica, "Colima Dog with Corn"

Holding an ear of corn in his teeth, this plump little dog replicates those found in shaft tombs throughout Western Mexico. Angel Cerón depicts the itzcuintli, a cheerful, barkless species prized by ancient man. Sculpted in clay as funerary offerings, they accompanied their masters in death to aid the soul in crossing rivers of blood along the road of the dead.