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English: "Stone vessel
Classic Veracruz, AD 300-1200 The scenes carved on the four sides of this vessel depict two protagonists engaged in a formal contest over a severed trophy head with a tassled plume of long hair. The left hand figure always wears a distinctive nose ornament that extends across his cheek, while the fanged jaws of his opponent emphasise his supernatural powers. The ritual sequence can be 'read' beginning with the panel on the left side and following the direction which the trophy head is facing. The confrontation is played out in a series of arm gestures which are the mirror image of each other, and change in synchronised fashion from panel to panel. Subtle variations in the costume and headdress of each figure reveal a series of complementary oppositions that echo and elaborate upon the visual language of the arm gestures. On the back panel the sequence culminates in a gesture of mutual recognition and presentation. It seems likely that the vessel held a liquid, perhaps the fermented maguey beverage pulque. The object may have served a ritual function in a round of ceremonies celebrated at certain times of the year. Ethno. Q 89 Am 3" |
| Date | 11:35:44.92+01:00 |
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| Author | Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net). |
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