prev - home - index - next This sculpture might be related to human sacrifice, given the fact that the character's headdress displays a bare human skull and the character itself displays a large orifice in his belly, inside which a heart-shaped form can be seen. Sculpture with a conical headdress Huastec Post-Classic (900-1521 A.D.) El Naranjo, State of Veracruz Stone 140 x 52 cm. National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico. Photo © Jorge Pérez de Lara |
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