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	$25.00 Category: Pre-Columbian Art Size: 17"H (43cm) Item Type: wall plaque Material: bonded stone Weight (lbs): 2 lbs, ship wt: 4 lbs, ship box: 13x9x5 Stock Status: In Stock Availability: Usually Ships in 1 to 2 Business Days Product Code: P-007S

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 sculptural wall relief depicts a version with a single head and personified blood scrolls attached to its tail.   Features Size: 8"H (20cm) Item Type: wall plaque Material: bonded stone Weight (lbs): 2 lbs, ship wt: 4 lbs, ship box: 13x9x5 Product Code: P-007S Related Products... Feathered Serpent Head Quetzalcoaltl Wall Relief Lid from Sarcophagus of Palenque Wall Relief Maya tablet of the foliated tree of life Maya Calendar Wall Relief   $42.00 Add   $46.00 Add   $68.00 Add   $38.00 Add Toltec Atlantean warrior Chac-Mool King Pacal Head Statue on Ceremonial Base Olmec colossal head   $56.00 Add   $74.00 Add   $66.00 Add   $66.00 Add

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