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Pre-Columbian Plumbate Ware,
Toltec, Southwestern Guatemala

Plumbate Ware is "a dark-coloured pottery with a glossy appearance
and incised ornamentation ... widely distributed in Central america ... 11th to 14th century."

-- Encyclopedia Britannica
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American Museum of Natural History, New York

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