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The Lord of Reason and the Clear Voice

Unknow900/1521

Museo Casa del Mendrugo

Museo Casa del Mendrugo
Heroica Puebla de Zaragoza, Mexico

According to the first interpretation, the male skull is approximately between the ages of 35 to 50 years old. When the carved lines were analyzed with a stereoscopic camera, some fragments of obsidian belonging to the engraving tools were detected embedded in the groves. This possible suggests that obsidian tools such a small knives were used for the engraving technique. The inlays that were identified in the carved bones indicated that they were engraved shortly after death when the bone still had plasticity. In the scene recorded on the skull there are two characters of the same ranking sitting on thrones united together by their backs. The one at the left shows the teeth in anger or with an aggressive attitude. The other one seems to bow down to a third party that solves the problem between the two. The engraving represents the conflict between the Lords of two different people. The Lord of Reason and Clear Voice is carrying a knife and wearing a reptile headdress. He is the one who cuts and ends the union with the two people which then ends the conflict.

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  • Title: The Lord of Reason and the Clear Voice
  • Creator: Unknow
  • Date Created: 900/1521
  • Location: Oaxaca-Puebla
  • Type: Cráneo
  • Medium: Hueso
Museo Casa del Mendrugo

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