There were many showstoppers in the exhibit Children of
the Plumed Serpent: The Legacy of Quetzalcoatl in Ancient Mexico at LACMA. This
amazing show has wonderful examples of textiles, codices, jewelry, sculpture and pottery from
the culture of Southern Mexico. This
mesmerizing piece was dated between 1400 and 1521. There was not much information about its
significance in this society but suggests a memorial of some sort. It is indeed
a human skull embellished with turquoise, jadite and shell.
Does it remind one of a certain diamond encrusted skull by
Damien Hirst?
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