Many Mimbres ceramics recovered from graves have been shattered or pierced. This may represent:

A. a low level of craftsmanship.
B. the breaking of the vessel of the human body in death.
C. the works of art that were rejected by the artist.
D. the strength or ferocity of the deceased.
E. the less-than-honorable circumstances of the death.

B
Mimbres ceramic vessels were used in households in some manner, but as grave goods the vessels often seem to have been ritually "killed," representing human death and the release of the soul.