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Detail of left area seen in photo below. Above the corner serpent head are 5 corner masks with snouts mostly broken.
photo Jan. 2001
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Close-ups of serpent head in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
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Close-up of same serpent head in photo at far left.
photo Jan. 2001
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Front entry to left (south) vaulted passageway. Like all 6 front corners of the medial molding, these 2 corners are marked with serpent heads with open mouths.
photo Jan. 2001
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Detail of area in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
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Opposite side of same serpent head and broken snout as in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
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Front entry to right (north) vaulted passageway. Like all 6 front corners of the medial molding, these 2 corners are marked with serpent heads with open mouths.
photo Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
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Detail of serpent head in photo at left.
photo Jan. 2001
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1917. "Fig. 108-110. Uxmal. House of the Governor. Serpent heads on the corner of the middle building and the wing building, arranged diagonally on the middle section of the frieze-lower-molding."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal”, 1917 (fig. 108-110); print closely based on Seler’s on-site drawings. |
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Detail of frieze of main facade: throne and serpent head podium for missing figure; the serpent faces left, the jaws are decorated with raised dots and open to a full 180 degree angle, fangs along the upper edge, recessed eye in center, nose with scrolls at left, two scroll ornaments hang from jaw at right.
photo Nov. 1999 |
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Detail of frieze of main facade of central structure: throne and serpent head podium for figure.
photo Jan. 2003 |
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Detail of frieze of main facade of central structure: throne and serpent head podium for figure.
photo Nov. 1999 |
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