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Crescent-Shaped Ornaments
Not on view
Gold crescents often appear as decorations on warriors’ shields in Mesoamerican art, which may reflect the function of the examples here. Like other Mesoamerican civilizations, the Maya associated the crescent with the moon, female deities, and fertility.
Estas cinco lentejuelas tienen forma de puntas de flecha. Las lanzas de piedra o puntas de dardos eran las armas supremas de los cazadores y de los guerreros en la antigua Mesoamérica, y sus imitaciones de oro sugieren que estos adornos simbolizaban la habilidad en estas disciplinas.
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