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Governor's Palace


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Corner Serpent Heads in Medial Molding

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.
Jan. 2001
Detail of area seen in photo at left.
Jan. 2001
Opposite side of same serpent head and medial  molding.
Jan. 2001
 "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.
Detail of left area seen in photo above-left. Above corner serpent head are 5 corner masks with snouts mostly broken.
Jan. 2001
Same area as in photo at left.
Jan. 2001
3 close-ups of serpent head in photos above right.
Jan. 2001
3 close-ups of serpent head in photos above right.
Jan. 2001
3 close-ups of serpent head in photos above right.
Jan. 2001
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.
Jan. 2003 (24mm lens)
Detail of serpent head in photo at left.
Jan. 2001
Detail of same serpent head.
Jan. 2001
 

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