Debra Smetana

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This depicts a wingless, long-snouted, antlered serpent devouring an anthropomorphic figure. Interestingly, the snake’s rattles are replaced by the same scepter or war-club motif on the Richardson Landing vessel that was surrounded by the ogee-forming serpents.
Visualizing the Sacred: Cosmic Visions, Regionalism, and the Art of the Mississippian World (Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies)
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