. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 17s MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA era and fraudulent vases are bo adorned. Dolls with head and torso in one piece and with movable arms and legs made of separate pieces were known. The face of Tlaloc, the Eain God, is fairly common in Teotihuacan pottery but oilier deities have not surely boon identified. It is not improbable that the God of Fire is personified as an old man with wrinkled face, bul somewhal less likely that Xipe is represented in Hie faces that look out through the three holes of
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 17s MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA era and fraudulent vases are bo adorned. Dolls with head and torso in one piece and with movable arms and legs made of separate pieces were known. The face of Tlaloc, the Eain God, is fairly common in Teotihuacan pottery but oilier deities have not surely boon identified. It is not improbable that the God of Fire is personified as an old man with wrinkled face, bul somewhal less likely that Xipe is represented in Hie faces that look out through the three holes of a mask. The jaguar, the monkey, the owl, and other animals are also modeled with excellent fidelity. The Mayan convention of the human face in the open jaws of the ser- pent is not unknown. A number of beautiful vases painted in soft greens, pinks, and yellows have been recovered at Teotihuacan. These colors would not stand the kiln and they were applied after the ves- sel had been burned. According to one method, the outside of the vessel was covered with a fine coating of plaster upon which the design was painted exactly as in fresco. Ac- cording to a second method the effect of cloisonne was cleverly achieved. This technique is most char- acteristic of the region northwest of the Valley of Mexico and will be described later. Incised or en- graved designs are commonly met with on pottery vessels at Teotihuacan. Xo inscriptions have been. Fig. 57. Jointed Doll of Clay from San Juan Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York
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