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Tulum,
State Quintana Roo, México Frescoes Temple: Inner chamber, mural (detail) Late Postclassic (1200-1519 AD) - Early Colonial XV-XVI centuries AD, possibly earlier |
Comments: This mural section shows groups of the "codices-style" figures carrying offerings, staffs and other insignia, and separated by intertwined snakes with "Venus Star eyes." Bands of snakes is a sym- bol of umbilical cord linking humans with the world of the supernatural. |
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