Sunday, February 3, 2008

Aztec Death and Rebirth Mask

This piece took me about a day and a half to model. A family member asked me if I could model this for them. It might become a pendant(jewelry). :D.
This is some information that I found about it. It says that it is Mayan, but I think that it is actually Aztec. I'm not a 100% sure.
Tikal, Mexico. 900 AD, Maya This Maya mask shows the different stages of life as part of a never ending cicle of human evolution through life and the afterlife as it was understood by the mayas. The mask has three layered faces, each representing one particular stage of life. The inner face represents the beginning of life at birth. The middle face is the most important one since it represents the adult stage when the person comes into his full potential and most of his life experiences happened. The outer or third face represents the end of earthly life. This sacred time was viewed by the Maya as the end of one cycle and the beginning of another one. Death was followed by lavish preparations for the next life.

2 comments:

Patach said...

That's a REALLY AWESOME model. How are you going to turn it into a pendant?

Amada Rosas said...

Thanks Patrick! I have a relative in the jewelry business. This was a design for em'. I my self can't wait to see the final product. :)