LANNY QUARLES
Title:
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Tzompantli
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Medium:
Edition: open
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Digital
collage printed on photographic paper
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| Reference
# |
quarles-022
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| Size:
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20x16
inches
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| Price: |
on
request
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Additional
Info
Tzompantli
means
literally, "wall of sculls" in the Nahuatl
language of the Aztecs ( see illustration to the left.) These walls of
strung skulls of sacrificial victims were erected in the public squares
of the Mayans.
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Detail of girl's face
detail of bottom left corner
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