Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant
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About the sculpture
Both pendants depict paired figures with tusklike noses. The "tusks" perhaps refer to the upswept nose of the leaf-nosed bat, an agile hunter whose "leaf" helps it to snatch prey from midair. The bat's success as a hunter is part of the reason that some identify such paired figures as warriors. They each hold a paddle-shaped object; the larger pair, in elaborate costumes, also clutches staffs.
Cleveland Museum of Art
Gegevens
- Inventarisnummer
- 1998.2
In de catalogus
Bronnen
- Cleveland Museum of Art: the museum's own open data · opgehaald 6 dagen geleden
- Afbeelding: Cleveland Museum of Art — Museum open access
