Circa A.D. 1000-1500 Of a standing alligator-headed deity, his legs bent and arms held to the side with sharp angled elbows, the hands grasping the scrolled ends of a ceremonial bar, the square head with prominent snout trimmed with a rope-work design, curling up at the flared nostrils, the ears formed from scrolls and ornamented with pendant crescentic earrings, the globular eyes set beneath arched brows, the body adorned with rope-work waistband, armbands and collar, wearing a highly ornate and sizeable headdress, with toucans perched on top front facing, each with uplifting curved beaks, a ribbed suspension loop at the tip, the wings furled at the sides and triple rows of openwork crests along the head formed from tightly coiled concentric rings, supported at the back by stylised avian’s heads as flanges, each with up-curled beak and beadwork crest, arching plumes of spiral feathers behind and a pair of suspension loops, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high, mounted
Circa A.D. 1000-1500 Of a standing alligator-headed deity, his legs bent and arms held to the side with sharp angled elbows, the hands grasping the scrolled ends of a ceremonial bar, the square head with prominent snout trimmed with a rope-work design, curling up at the flared nostrils, the ears formed from scrolls and ornamented with pendant crescentic earrings, the globular eyes set beneath arched brows, the body adorned with rope-work waistband, armbands and collar, wearing a highly ornate and sizeable headdress, with toucans perched on top front facing, each with uplifting curved beaks, a ribbed suspension loop at the tip, the wings furled at the sides and triple rows of openwork crests along the head formed from tightly coiled concentric rings, supported at the back by stylised avian’s heads as flanges, each with up-curled beak and beadwork crest, arching plumes of spiral feathers behind and a pair of suspension loops, 5¼in. (13.3cm.) high, mounted
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