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	$96.00 Category: Pre-Columbian Art Size: 17"H (43cm) Item Type: wall plaque Material: cultured marble Weight (lbs): 11 lbs, ship wt: 14 lbs, ship box: 22x14x3 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days Product Code: P-016SP

Description   Yaxchilan, Mexico. 755 A.D. The maya vision serpent symbolizes the passage of ancestral spirits and the gods of Xibalba (the maya underworld) into our world. In states of ecstasy and usually following penis or tongue bloodletting, particularly as graphically depicted at Yaxchilan, maya mobility invoke the vision serpent. During special ceremonies, bloody papers were burnt in a sacred bowl and from it, this great undulating serpent rises and from its mouth emerges an ancestor or, occasionally, a deity. The serpent itself then, is probably what one sees in the clouds of smoke rising from the burning sacrifice, and cloud symbols may flank the vision serpentís body. The vision serpent can be the vehicle by which ancestors or deities make themselves manifest to humanity. This sculpture depicts a version with a single head and personified blood scrolls attached to its tail.   Related Products... Head of King Pacal relief Large Maya vision serpent Toltec Atlantean warrior King Pacal Head Statue on Ceremonial Base   $25.00 Add   $88.00 Add   $56.00 Add   $66.00 Add Aztec double headed serpent Feathered Serpent Head Quetzalcoaltl Wall Relief King Chan-Bahlun relief Maya ball player   $88.00 Add   $42.00 Add   $39.00 Add   $42.00 Add

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