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Mayan Monkey-Head Rattle - PF.0615
Origin: Guatemala
Circa: 600
AD
to 900
AD
Dimensions:
4.5" (11.4cm) high
Catalogue: V2
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Medium: Terracotta
$2,400.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This powerful, grinning monkey-head rattle is
presented as a trophy head, an emblem of
conquest over one's enemies. What made the
ancient Maya treat the apes as a vanquished foe?
Was it merely that they destroyed the crops, or
was it because they acted like a dark mirror,
reflecting man's more primitive nature?
- (PF.0615)
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