Re: Ancient Bead from Bolivia
Re: Ancient Bead from Bolivia -- metateman Post Reply Edit Forum Where am I?
Posted by: jatatoo Post Reply
07/20/2019, 08:21:41

The carving depicts the ritualistic human - probably Shaman - transformation into an animal, in this case what appears to be a horned sheep or similar. The deep circular areas depict both eyes and large ear plugs.

What kind of animal is not clear; like the Mimbres, Casas Grandes, and other pre-columbian/pre-historic cultures in the Southwest, and Central America, and points south, it may depict a combination of mammals and/or amphibians - which at times are hard to decipher. Looks more like a mammal to me.



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