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Guerrero Cave
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| Category: | Cross Stitch |
| Date: | May 2009 |
| Subject: | This is a rendition of mural C-1 in Oxtotlan Cave, Guerrero State, Mexico. |
| Reilly (1995: 39-40) interprets it as a person in a bird mask, connected to a feather cape and backrack. The figure, the Olmec Sky Dragon, sits atop a thorne. | |
| Technique: | Finished size is 8 x 10 inches; It was worked on 14 mesh plastic canvas with 3 plies of embroidery floss. |
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From "Ancient Mexico and Central America: Archaeology and Culture History" by Susan Toby Evans |