Pendant with Warrior Figure
Pendant with Warrior Figure
Huastec
About A.D. 1000 –1500
Mexico, northern Veracruz
Conch shell
Bequest of Robert J. Stroessner, 1992.16
Made from a slice of conch shell, this pendant is decorated with an incised drawing and drilled pits that may have been inlaid with colored stone or shell. The upper portion depicts a warrior or warrior-deity who wears an elaborate headdress and a skull at his waist. The emblem below is probably the profile head of a supernatural beast.
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