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Nicoya Tripod Bowls with Fertility Legs

These tripod bowls from Greater Nicoya (c. 300 BC–500 AD) feature legs modeled as phalluses or testicles, emphasizing fertility symbolism. Used in ritual or daily life, such vessels reflect the Mesoamerican belief in the generative power of male anatomy, linking food, reproduction, and cosmic renewal in material form.
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