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Disk H
Not on view
During the ninth century, Maya artists learned to work gold, a material new to the region. They imported gold disks from what is today Panama or Costa Rica, reworking them in a distinctive style and employing Maya iconography. On Disk H, an eagle warrior has extracted the heart of a sacrificial victim, while another victim to his right awaits his fate, guarded by an individual with a feathered cape.
Durante el siglo IX, los artistas mayas aprendieron a trabajar el oro, un material nuevo en la región. Importaban discos de oro del actual Panamá o Costa Rica, transformándolos y adaptándolos al estilo y a la iconografía maya. En el disco H, un guerrero vestido de ave rapaz ha extraído el corazón de una víctima sacrificial, mientras que otra víctima a su derecha espera su destino, vigilado por un individuo con una capa de plumas.
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