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Mosaic of a Bird in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2018
Mosaic of Bird
Date: A.D. 600–800
Geography: Guatemala, Petén
Culture: Maya
Medium: Mother-of-pearl, Spondylus shell
Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 × W. 4 3/16 in. (15.8 × 10.7 cm)
Classifications: Shell-Ornaments, Jewelry
Credit Line: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City (17.7.21.210a)
The Maya death god—with a distended belly simulating a rotting corpse—wears a towering headdress composed of mother-of-pearl with a trefoil crown, a symbol of Maya rulership. The bird’s bare red head and white body possibly identify it as a king vulture.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722320
Date: A.D. 600–800
Geography: Guatemala, Petén
Culture: Maya
Medium: Mother-of-pearl, Spondylus shell
Dimensions: H. 6 1/4 × W. 4 3/16 in. (15.8 × 10.7 cm)
Classifications: Shell-Ornaments, Jewelry
Credit Line: Museo Nacional de Arqueología y Etnología, Guatemala City (17.7.21.210a)
The Maya death god—with a distended belly simulating a rotting corpse—wears a towering headdress composed of mother-of-pearl with a trefoil crown, a symbol of Maya rulership. The bird’s bare red head and white body possibly identify it as a king vulture.
Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/722320
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