Death mask of the Red Queen and of K’inich Janaab Pakal.

Death mask of the Red Queen and of K’inich Janaab Pakal.
The death mask of the red queen was created with 119 fragments of malachite, 4 pieces of jade that mimic the iris and two sheets of obsidian that mimic the pupils.

The death mask of Pakal is formed by more than 300 pieces of jade with different colours, has 4 applications of shell and two discs of obsidian that mimic the pupils. ‘The masks maya ceremonial of the mosaic of green stone were the central element during the ritual of burial of the rulers, because in your image come together the traits of the sovereign and the attributes of the divinity, and in its materials, the essence of their religion and their customs’ – information obtained from the magazine Arqueología Mexicana.

The photo of Pakal, was taken by @nopongominombre in the National museum of Anthropology of Mexico