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Governor's Palace, Uxmal

 Detail of left area seen in photo below. Above the corner serpent head are 5 corner masks with snouts mostly broken.
photo Jan. 2001
 Close-ups of serpent head in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
Close-up of same serpent head in photo at far left.
photo Jan. 2001
Front entry to left (south) vaulted passageway. Like all 6 front corners of the medial molding, these 2 corners are marked with serpent heads with open mouths.
photo Jan. 2001
Detail of area in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
Opposite side of same serpent head and broken snout as in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
Front entry to right (north) vaulted passageway. Like all 6 front corners of the medial molding, these 2 corners are marked with serpent heads with open mouths.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)

Detail of serpent head in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001

 1917. "Fig. 108-110. Uxmal. House of the Governor. Serpent heads on the corner of the middle building and the wing building, arranged diagonally on the middle section of the frieze-lower-molding."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 108-110); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawings.
Detail of frieze of main facade: throne and serpent head podium for missing figure; the serpent faces left, the jaws are decorated with raised dots and open to a full 180 degree angle, fangs along the upper edge, recessed eye in center, nose with scrolls at left, two scroll ornaments hang from jaw at right.
photo Nov. 1999
 Detail of frieze of main facade of central structure: throne and serpent head podium for figure.
photo Jan. 2003
Detail of frieze of main facade of central structure: throne and serpent head podium for figure.
photo Nov. 1999
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