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Veracruz Black Basalt Hacha - PF.0537
Origin: Veracruz, Mexico
Circa: 500
AD
to 800
AD
Dimensions:
6.25" (15.9cm) high
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Basalt
$8,600.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
Forcefully carved, with a prominent crest on the
forehead, deep wrinkles, and lips drawn back in
a sneer, this hacha was used as a weight
handicap in the ritual ballgame. The hacha, worn
on a yoke around the waist, may have originated
with human trophy heads--those of sacrificial
victims or prisoners of war. We can believe,
looking at this powerful emaciated visage, that it
has been witness to ritual violence and that it is
in some way associated with death.
- (PF.0537)
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