Cup of Java?
This is a collection of pre-Hispanic cups as well as cups used in my mixed media sculptures and coffee cup as art form. You can enlarge them by clicking on any photo.
Oops, I missed this challenge of Cee’s so I’m going to do it this week: https://ceenphotography.com/2017/06/06/cees-fun-foto-challenge-glasses-cups-saucers/
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
I love that there is so much functional art in the pre-Hispanic culture of your area!
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Yes.. most of it was functional. Well, lots of it. Even the human forms, however, had a functional purpose in the tombs or as votive offerings.
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Fom an anthropological viewpoint, the creativity is an indication that life was relatively easy — food available, shelter too. The Pacific Northwest Indians were also very prolific artists. Perhaps it was the seafood and fish that made life simpler than farther inland.
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Oh what fun artwork in your cups. Fabulous. 😀
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Very nice collection. If you have more? I would appreciate another post showing them. I am mostly interested here, in the panther cup. The large image on right as viewed. Maybe it does not show it? How is it filled? The only way I can imagine it from the image viewed. Is to submerse it in a larger vat, with one of the straws above the liquid? It looks like clay, which would present a construction challenge? Cheers Jamie.
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Jamie, I think it is a wedding cup. The liquid is inside the jaguar’s head. It is hollow. The bride drinks from one side and the groom from the other–tipping the cup up to drink. I have another post about a wedding cup that mysteriously shattered on my dining room table..You can find it by doing a search, I think. Otherwise I’ll find and send a link.
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Here it is, Jamie: https://judydykstrabrown.com/2013/10/26/983/
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