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Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MosaicMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MosaicMonday</span></a> :<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Coyote" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Coyote</span></a> Head<br />Toltec, Early Post-Classic (900-1250 CE)<br />Offering of the El Corral Shrine, Tula, Hidalgo, Mexico<br />Ceramic vessel with shell mosaic and bone, H 13 x W 9.6 cm<br />INAH: <a href="https://lugares.inah.gob.mx/en/zonas-arqueologicas/zonas/piezas/7393-7393-cabeza-coyote.html?lugar_id=1736" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lugares.inah.gob.mx/en/zonas-a</span><span class="invisible">rqueologicas/zonas/piezas/7393-7393-cabeza-coyote.html?lugar_id=1736</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/RattlesnakeAppreciationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RattlesnakeAppreciationDay</span></a> :<br />Knotted <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rattlesnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rattlesnake</span></a><br />Aztec, Postclassic 1100-1520 CE<br />Basalt, H 11 1/4 x W 16 in. (28.5 x 40.64 cm)<br />The Walters Art Museum 29.2 <a href="https://art.thewalters.org/object/29.2/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">art.thewalters.org/object/29.2</span><span class="invisible">/</span></a><br />“Snakes were powerful symbols throughout Mesoamerican history, linked with the sky, rain, and agriculture. Aztecs may have seen the snake&#39;s shedding of its skin as a metaphor for the cyclical nature of life, death, and rebirth.”<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/RattlesnakeAppreciationDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RattlesnakeAppreciationDay</span></a> :<br />1. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rattlesnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rattlesnake</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Aztec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aztec</span></a> , 1200-1520 CE<br />Rhyolite porphyry<br />2. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Snake</span></a> Head<br />Aztec, 1200-1520 CE<br />Serpentine (very fitting!)<br />both on display at Dumbarton Oaks<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/TurtleTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TurtleTuesday</span></a> 🐢:<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Turtle" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Turtle</span></a> Vessel<br />Colima culture, Mexico, 100BCE - 250CE<br />Ceramic, redware pottery, 8 3/8 x 13 3/4 x 10 1/4 in. (21.3 x 34.9 x 26 cm)<br />Minneapolis Institute of Art 95.101.1<br /><a href="https://collections.artsmia.org/art/9056/vessel-colima" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.artsmia.org/art/90</span><span class="invisible">56/vessel-colima</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rabbit</span></a> Effigy Vessel<br />Mexico, Southern Veracruz, Classic Veracruz Culture, 600-900 CE<br />Ceramic, H 15.4 x L 15.7 x W 8.2 cm<br />On display at Penn Museum 68-30-1<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MetalMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MetalMonday</span></a>:<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rabbit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rabbit</span></a> Mask<br />Guerrero Nahua (Mexico)<br />1940-1960<br />Copper, cotton cloth, paint<br />26.5 x 18.2 cm<br />Smithsonian NMAI 24/5904<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MonkeyDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MonkeyDay</span></a>:<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Monkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Monkey</span></a> Figure<br />Mezcala culture, 1st–8th century<br />Balsas River region, Guerrero, Mexico<br />Serpentine<br />H. 2 13/16 x W. 5/8 x D. 2 1/8 in. (7.1 x 1.6 x 5.4 cm)<br />The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 1979.206.1208<br /><a href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/313383" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">metmuseum.org/art/collection/s</span><span class="invisible">earch/313383</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>A pretty in pink <a href="https://historians.social/tags/TwoForTuesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TwoForTuesday</span></a> from <br />the Harvard Peabody Museum collection:</p><p>1. Fetish frog<br />Yaqui culture, Sonora, Mexico<br />rhodochrosite w/ turquoise eyes<br />2.5x5.7x5.9cm<br /><a href="https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/599446" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.peabody.harvard.ed</span><span class="invisible">u/objects/details/599446</span></a></p><p>2 Fetish standing bear<br />Zuñi culture, New Mexico, USA<br />rhodochrosite w/ turquoise eyes &amp; necklace<br />7x3.3x3.2cm <br /><a href="https://collections.peabody.harvard.edu/objects/details/599389" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">collections.peabody.harvard.ed</span><span class="invisible">u/objects/details/599389</span></a></p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/NativeAmericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>NativeAmericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/OwlishMonday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OwlishMonday</span></a>:<br />polychrome ceramic <a href="https://historians.social/tags/owl" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>owl</span></a> pot<br />Mongollon, Casas Grandes<br />(Paquimé, Chihuahua, Mexico)<br />1150-1400 CE<br />18 cm h., 14 cm. dia.<br />Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian collection 11/9883<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p>For <a href="https://historians.social/tags/WorldSnakeDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WorldSnakeDay</span></a>: <br />1. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Rattlesnake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Rattlesnake</span></a><br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Aztec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aztec</span></a>, 1200-1520 CE<br />Rhyolite porphyry<br />2. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Snake" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Snake</span></a> Head<br />Aztec, 1200-1520 CE<br />Serpentine (very fitting!)<br />both on display at Dumbarton Oaks Museum<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a></p>
Art History Animalia<p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Caturday" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Caturday</span></a>: <br />Reclining <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Jaguar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Jaguar</span></a>, c. 1400-1521<br /><a href="https://historians.social/tags/Aztec" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aztec</span></a> artist, Mexico<br />Volcanic stone<br />From Brooklyn Museum’s “Climate in Crisis: Environmental Change in the Indigenous Americas” exhibition</p><p>“To the Aztec, the jaguar symbolized power, courage, and a warlike attitude. Some of the highest-ranking warriors were called jaguar warriors, and rulers associated themselves with Tezcatlipoca, a deity who sometimes assumed the guise of this powerful predator.”</p><p><a href="https://historians.social/tags/MesoamericanArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MesoamericanArt</span></a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/IndigenousArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>IndigenousArt</span></a></p>
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