Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

1000–1550 Overall: 7.2 x 11.8 x 2.3 cm (2 13/16 x 4 5/8 x 7/8 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1998.2

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 fi...

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तकनीक
cast gold
माध्यम
cast gold
विधा
Metalwork
विभाग
Art of the Americas

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