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Left (south) end of facade;
the corner mask and areas over doorways 1 and 2 entirely restored
to agree with intact section near right end, showing, for
example, the bodies of both snakes as if running behind the
mask stack.
Jan. 2001 |
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Corner mask stack, upper section; showing elaborate
serpent motifs and projecting head at corner
of upper molding.
Jan. 2001 |
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Corner mask stack, lower section; showing
elaborate serpent motifs in mask stack and projecting
head at corner of medial molding.
Jan. 2001 |
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Traditional Yucatec domestic
hut, with mask wearing feathered serpent headband with central
flower, entirely restored, over doorway no.1.
Jan. 2001 |
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Naked male figure with short
sticks through skin of penis and thigh, a jaquar head as headress,
entirely restored.
Jan. 2001 |
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Same figure, showing clear
distinction of penis from testicles, separate stone
pieces for upper and lower body.
Jan. 2001 |
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The ends of the two
snakes; the rattle missing from the end of the tail of the
snake above, the head missing from the end of the snake below
(cf. page 7 for the opposite, better preserved ends of the
two snakes).
Jan. 2001 |
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The end of the upper snake
with rattle missing, a tuft of feathers on the end
of the tail (cf. page 7 for a better preserved tuft on the
end of the other snake); entirely restored.
Jan. 2001 |
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The end of the lower snake
with head missing. These details also show that the
snake was feathered; entirely restored.
Jan. 2001 |
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Stack of 3 masks over doorway
no.2, reconstructed as a mate to
intact mask stack over doorway no.6.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of upper 2 masks in
stack shown in photo at left; framed on both sides with reliefs
of serpent heads in profile with hanging bifurcated tongues.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of lowest mask in
stack shown in photo at far left, with flowered headband,
ears with ornaments; all 3 masks with unusual spiral eyes.
Jan. 2001 |
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