This wonderfully modeled stucco mask was found on the western end of Structure 414's northern façade and is one of two to have survived here. It is quite possible that the building may have once had more masks, both on its upper levels and on its other three façades. The figure's large squinting eyes mark it as a deity, and it has been suggested that architectural stucco masks of this kind (here and elsewhere) were representations of celestial bodies. This notion is reinforced here by the remains of skybands flanking both masks of Structure 414. |