And we wouldn’t have to pay to see ourselves in museums.
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She Who Bleeds Over People
Guidiribeela, the blood sorceress.
Her name literally means "bat" in Isthmus Zapotec.
It was about time I did a full illustration for her.
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~ Eccentric Flint in the Form of a Scorpion.
Place of origin: Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, or Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Culture: Maya
Date: A.D. 600–900
Medium: Stone, Chert
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Unknown, Dog with human mask
Late Formative period, c. 100 B.C.-A.D. 200, Ceramic
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Happy Monday! Here are three Aztec stone snakes for you. The greenish one (13th-16th century) is from the Cleveland Museum of Art and the other two (15th-early 16th century) are from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, two open access collections on JSTOR.
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MAN
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Turquoise mosaic pectoral, Mixtec or Mexica (Aztec), circa 1400-1521
from The British Museum
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plaque with figures, silver, 13th-15th century colima culture (mexico), courtesy of the met
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Quetzalcóatl, god creator of man, the Lord of Dawn and the Rain Cloud Serpent. Mesoamerican Cultures
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~ Bird ornament.
Date: A.D. 600–800
Place of origin: Guatemala or Mexico, Mesoamerica
Culture: Maya
Medium: Shell
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