Mayan Monkey-Head Rattle, 600 CE - 900 CE
Terracotta
4.5
PF.0615
This powerful, grinning monkey-head rattle is presented as a trophy head, an emblem of conquest over one's enemies. What made the ancient Maya treat the apes as a vanquished foe?...
This powerful, grinning monkey-head rattle is presented as a trophy head, an emblem of conquest over one's enemies. What made the ancient Maya treat the apes as a vanquished foe? Was it merely that they destroyed the crops, or was it because they acted like a dark mirror, reflecting man's more primitive nature?
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