Face Ornaments of Quetzalcoatl
Estos adornos para ojos y boca forman una máscara facial que era probablemente utilizada en rituales. Sobre cada anillo (los ojos) se curvan serpientes de lenguas bífidas con plumas puntiagudas. Comúnmente llamado por su nombre náhuatl, Quetzalcóatl, o su nombre Yucateca, Kukulkan, la serpiente emplumada era una de las principales deidades de Chichen Itzá y estaba ampliamente representada en la arquitectura monumental de la ciudad. Los personajes que vestían adornos similares están representados en las obras de arte de Chichen Itzá.
Artwork Details
- Title: Face Ornaments of Quetzalcoatl
- Date: 800–1100 CE
- Geography: Mexico, Yucatan
- Culture: Maya
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: Mouth: 2 15/16 × 5 13/16 × 1/16 in. (7.4 × 14.8 × 0.1 cm)
Right eye: 6 1/4 × 5 5/16 × 1/16 in. (15.9 × 13.5 × 0.1 cm)
Left eye: 6 5/16 × 5 3/8 × 1/16 in. (16.1 × 13.6 × 0.1 cm) - Classifications: Metalwork-Ornaments, Gold
- Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Peabody Museum Expedition, 1907–1910 (10-71-20/C7678, 10-71-20/C7679.1-.2)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing
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