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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. The reliefs show Indian warriors, and eagles and jaguars devouring human hearts. 11th.
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Relief border on the outer wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza,...

Head of a man protruding from the fangs of a feathered serpent. Wall of the Temple of the Warriors, Chichen Itza, Yucatan. 11th.
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Head of a man protruding from the fangs of a feathered serpent. Wall...

Lintel,from a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Bird.One of his wives conjures a vision of an ancestor who emerges from the mouth of a serpent coiled through a beaded blood scroll.770 CE Limestone,69.2 x 76.2 cm, Temple 21, Yaxchilan, Mexico.
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Lintel,from a series illustrating the accession rituals of the ruler Lord Bird.O...

"Hacha", a flat, highly polished sculpture associated with the Maya ballgame. This hacha shows a bird of prey on a skull. Hachas may have been markers, or trophies, or models for the players' leather belts (600-900 CE). Volcanic stone. Height 29.5 cm, from Guatemala.
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"Hacha", a flat, highly polished sculpture associated with the Maya ballgame....

Coiled rattlesnake. Basalt (ca. 1510, before Spanish conquest). Height 33 cm
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Coiled rattlesnake. Basalt (ca. 1510, before...

Labret (lip-plug) from Coxcatlan near Puebla, Mexico. Such plugs were part of male ornaments, and marked social status. The were worn through the pierced lower lip. Late post-classical period, 15th or early 16th. Gold and rock-crystal. Length 6.2 cm. Inv. 59.989
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Labret (lip-plug) from Coxcatlan near Puebla, Mexico. Such plugs were part of...

Feather headdress ("crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erroneously identified as "Montezuma's crown". Green feathers of the Quetzal- bird, gold. Mexico, Aztec, early 16th CE. Height 116 cm, width 175 cm. Inv. 10.402
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Feather headdress ("crown") of an Aztec priest, in the 19th century erro...

Parade buckler (chimalli), mosaic of feathers on gold- thread,wicker base.Carrying device made of leather.In the center a blue coyote; from his mouth drips the glyph "Water,burning", the pictograph for war. Mexico,Aztec,early 16th. 70 cm across. Inv. 43.380
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Parade buckler (chimalli), mosaic of feathers on gold- thread,wicker base.Carry...

Ushuaia National Park: Beavers have taken over large tracts of the Park and buildt large dams and conical lodges.
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Ushuaia National Park: Beavers have taken over large tracts of the Park and...

Ushuaia National Park: Beavers have taken over large tracts of the Park and built large dams and conical lodges.
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Ushuaia National Park: Beavers have taken over large tracts of the Park and bui...

A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage that cuts through Fireland. The Channel is named after the ship in which Darwin sailed during his first expedition.
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A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage t...

A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage that cuts through Fireland. The Channel is named after the ship in which Darwin sailed during his first expedition.
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A penguin-colony on an island in the Beagle Channel, the narrow sea-passage t...