Cleveland Museum of Art
Stela Fragment
- Date
- 600–950
- Medium
- limestone
- Culture
- Mexico, Veracruz?, 600-950 AD
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Figures appear on two sides of this fragmentary stela (upright stone slab carved in relief). One seems to represent a grimacing warrior who brandishes a club; arrow-like darts festoon his belt and hair. On the other side is a skeleton with one fleshed hand, perhaps a sacrificed captive. The eagle with a leaf in its mouth is a hieroglyph that may identify the captive's name. The pointed teeth of the warrior are suggestive of dental modification, a practice known to have occurred from human remains.
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