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Frieze over doorway no.1;
showing trapezoidal tiering of 8 double headed serpents
bars, with small owl head at top, latticework background.
Nov. 1999 |
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Detail of frieze in photo
at left; owl head with concentric facial markings and multiple
parts with diverse markings, open to interpretation; also
showing red paint remains in latticework recesses.
Jan. 2001 |
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Angle view showing that each bar projects
slightly farther forward than the bar below.
Jan. 2001 |
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Frieze over doorway no.2.
Nov. 1999 |
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Detail of view in photo
at left; owl head with concentric facial markings and multiple
parts with diverse markings, open to interpretation; also
showing red paint remains in latticework recesses.
Jan. 2001 |
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Angle view showing the surprisingly flat carving of owl head.
Jan. 2001 |
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Frieze between doorway no.2 and central doorway.
Nov. 1999 |
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Detail of frieze in photo
at left; mask or shield missing.
Jan. 2001 |
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"Fig. 21. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. Rosettes on the third
section of the upper concluding entablature."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal,” 1917 (fig. 21).
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2002. Maskstack over central doorway
with 3 masks; 3-bar trapeze of double-headed serpents in cornice.
Jan. 2002 |
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1917. Print of same upper two masks of
mask stack in photo at left. "Fig. 26. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. East building. The two highest masks of the mask column in the middle of the frieze of the west front facing the courtyard. (The snouts are broken off.)"
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal,” 1917 (fig. 26).
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Top mask of maskstack in
photo at far left; showing quality of mosaic
fitting.
Jan. 2001 |
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