Eccentric with a divine shape in profile, the head surmounted by a cap with three excrescences and one of its arms raised towards the sky symbolically The lower part is formed by a face in profile, it indicates an ornament of size. Flint, worked by percussion, carved and semi-polished Maya, recent classical period, 600-800 AD 17.5 x 5.6 cm In Mesoamerican thought flint was born from the lightning thrown by the rain god "Chaak", it was used as it is the case here to make ritual objects of magnificent finesse, most of this was discovered in caches under monuments or religious buildings.
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