Vessel with Head emerging from serpent jaws at The British Museum, London
Vessel with Head emerging from serpent jaws at The British Museum, London
3D
Published 2016-02-23T12:53:56+00:00
McEwan 1994, p.32
'A human emerging from the jaws of a serpentine dragon is a recurring image in Mesoamerican art. Among their many other connotations, snakes were seen as a metaphor for the umbilical cord connecting new life on the earthly plane with the hidden, spiritual sources of creation. Such images, therefore, evoke ancestral connections and call attention to the threshold dividing the human domain from the invisible but ever-present ancestral spirits.'
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| Date published | 23/02/2016 |
| Tempo per farlo | 360 - 1080 Minuti |
| Quantità di filamento | 193g |
| Dimensioni | 112mm 130mm 108mm |
| Tecnologia | FDM |
| Title | Vessel with Head emerging from serpent jaws |
| Date | 900 - 1521 |
| Dimension | Height: 12.7 centimetres Width: 12 centimetres |
| Accession | Am1844,0720.971 |
| Period | Post-Classic |
| Medium | pottery |
| Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=669186&partId=1&searchText=vessel+head+serpent&page=1 |
| Place | British Museum |
