Eduard Seler illustrated a similar #tapir piece in 1904 (Antiquities of Guatemala, fig. 23d, p. 106) with a whole body and wearing a shell necklace. Has anyone seen the original or any others like it? #Plumbate vessels were usually manufactured in multiples so there should be others...?
https://books.google.com/books?id=WVITAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q&f=false

#WorldTapirDay

For #WorldTapirDay: #Plumbate vessel "depicting a shaman or priest wearing an enormous #tapir head headdress, his face peeking out from inside of the creature's mouth." #Maya/#Toltec, c. 900 - 1200 CE, 8.8 x 6.4cm. Baird's Tapir is the largest terrestrial mammal native to Maya territory.
https://www.liveauctioneers.com/price-result/mayan-plumbate-pottery-head-w-tapir-headdress/