Stela Fragment
600–950
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Each: 31.8 x 30.8 x 12.2 cm (12 1/2 x 12 1/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
- Genre
- sculpture
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Mexico, Veracruz?, 600-950 AD
About
Figures appear on two sides of this fragmentary stela (upright stone slab carved in relief). One seems to represent a grimacing warrior who brandishes a club; arrow-like darts festoon his belt and hair. On the other side is a skeleton with one fleshed hand, perhaps a sacrificed captive. The eagle with a leaf in its mouth is a hieroglyph that may identify the captive's name.