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Stela Fragment

600–950

Mexico, Veracruz?, 600-950 AD

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Medium
limestone
Measurements
Each: 31.8 x 30.8 x 12.2 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1959.334
Public Domain
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Location
233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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The pointed teeth of the warrior are suggestive of dental modification, a practice known to have occurred from human remains.

Description

Figures appear on two sides of this fragmentary stela (upright stone slab carved in relief). One seems to represent a grimacing warrior who brandishes a club; arrow-like darts festoon his belt and hair. On the other side is a skeleton with one fleshed hand, perhaps a sacrificed captive. The eagle with a leaf in its mouth is a hieroglyph that may identify the captive's name.
Front and back of a fragment of a stone slab carved with geometric figures in side profile. On the left, an eagle in the upper left corner arcs over the head of a skeleton, raising their arms, the left arm with a fleshed hand. On the right, a figure with finer details and pointed teeth, wears feathered darts in their belt and hair, raising their right arm that extends into a winding geometric background.

Stela Fragment

600–950

Mexico, Veracruz?, 600-950 AD

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