"Eccentric - Mayan Culture, Guatemala - Classic Period, 250 To 900 Ce"
EXCENTRIC Maya culture, Guatemala
Classical period, 250 to 900 AD
Flint
H. 26 cm, length 6.5 cm
A monolithic flint sculpture cut symmetrically into lateral excrescences forming X-shaped crosses and topped with two stylised birds standing next to each other.
The eccentrics appear to have been used for ritual purposes: as offerings, divination aids (sometimes representing the god K'awiil) or ritual objects linked to the underworld, they were kept in highly sacred secret places.
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