Help identifying? Central America?

[Snorlax]

Any clues?

 

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[grasshopper]

Size?

 

[Snorlax]

Like 4ish inchines length and 3 and a half bottom to top

 

[Anduril]

Pre-Columbian instructions on how to scale the Border Wall?

 

[Snorlax]

Oh dear god wall related comments haha. Any ideas if this is the real deal? I noticed the drilled holes near the upper corners.

 

[DCMatt]

Yes. Mesoamerican ball player.

 

[A2coins]

Where did you find it??

 

[Snorlax]

A relative visited Oaxaca quite some years ago and claimed to have gotten from some shop somewhere.

 

[ANTIQUARIAN]

To me, it looks like a piece of Mayan fresco that has been hacked off a tomb or a cave wall from an ancient Mayan ruin somewhere.

"The Maya civilization was a Mesoamerican civilization developed by the Maya peoples, and noted for its logosyllabic script— the most sophisticated and highly developed writing system in pre-Columbian Americas — as well as for its art, architecture, mathematics, calendar, and astronomical system."

Dave

 

[tamrock]

The stone looks like a green serpentine, which is some what soft and easy to carve. Though I can't say for sure, my gut says it's a modern made tourist item. To me the carved relief figure just doesn't look right or ancient in style. There is a forum on this site for Central American artifacts and maybe they would be helpful also.

 

[Duckshot]

I been to Mexico a few times. I got me a burnt leather copy of a couple rubbings from Mayan friezes.

Your piece does not appear Mayan to me. Too many curves where it should be square-ish.

I'm not familiar with Aztec though.

 

[unclemac]

how those holes were drilled will tentatively give you a lot of information about the age of the piece.

 

[tamrock]

how those holes were drilled will tentatively give you a lot of information about the age of the piece.

and proof that the Moon Boot was not an original fashion icon of the 1980s

 

[villagenut]

I think its pretty cool lookin whatever it's orgin.