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Drinking vessel, 600-800 CE
The portion of this painted ceramic drinking vessel that is shown in this image shows a well-turned- jaguarsporting a knotted scarf and a deer antler. He is a wayob’ – the companion spirit of a Maya ruler. Other wayob’ shown on the other sides of this vessel are a toad and a serpent (the young [...]
Posted: July 12th, 2010 under animals, museums.
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Dia de los Muertos: A New Beginning
That’s the name of an exhibit that uns through December 16 at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago, “the nation’s largest Latino arts institution and the only Latino museum accredited by the American Association of Museums.” On blogs from Mexico and Guatemala this year there has appeared some discussion about whether Mesoamerica should [...]
Posted: November 26th, 2007 under art, fiestas, museums.
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Unusual Guatemalan embroidery
Luis Figueroa, a columnist for Prensa Libre, maintains a blog called by the same name as his column, “Carpe Diem.” His most recent post included this image of an embroidery from Magdalena Milpas Altas (a municipality in the department of Sacatepéquez), Guatemala, ca. 1941. The textile is extremely unusual. Does it represent a particular constellation, [...]
Posted: October 29th, 2007 under museums, symbology, textiles.
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