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Three stylized human figures holding hands are found under a crescent shape ending in what may have been birds' heads. This is an elaborate example of an otherwise common motif. This piece was found in a shaft tomb in the course of archaeological excavations at Huitzilapa.
Pendant of birds and figures West Mexico Late Pre-Classic to Early Classic periods (100 B.C. - 300 A.D.) Teuchitlán, State of Jalisco Shell 7.6 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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