Mexico:
File number: mgd0423 © South American Pictures/ Marion Morrison Coatlicue,
goddess of the earth and of death, is represented as a decapitated woman. From
her neck spring two serpent heads, she wears a necklace of hands and hearts, and
her own hands are shown as serpent heads and her feet as eagle claws. The stone
sculpture dates from 1250-1321A.D. Museo Nacional de Antropología Mexico
City Museo
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