Yoke, c. 1 - 900 C.E., Classic Veracruz culture, greenstone, 11.5 x 38 x 41.5 cm (American Museum of Natural History) Speakers: Dr. Rex Koontz and Dr. Steven Zucker. Created by Beth Harris and Steven Zucker.
fascinating objects, one in particular is just amazing, her delicate and symmetrical reliefs were carved with pinpoint accuracy. as if they had used precision machines of our time however these works of pre-Columbian art have hundreds of years old. Excellent video.
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Dr. Zucker: They're known, in a colloquial sense, as yokes; although they have nothing to do with oxen or tilling a field. Me: 😐 lol. Another trick name! They're absolutely gorgeous, though. The one around 1:11 almost made me drop my jaw. I love the alternating colors on that - shame it was just editing for clarity. I doodled a dolled-up frog yesterday, so I enjoyed hearing about their significance here. I'm also very intrigued by this spiritual, flexible, potentially lethal dodgeball ritual... These twins had moves so smooth they beat death! I gave myself the day off, but will be thinking about that during my next workout, lol. I'm not battling a force as powerful as death - just a little gravity. 😋
LewHen Silvar Thanks for asking. The video is still processing. You were the first person to see it.RU-vid puts it up before the high def is ready for some unknown reason.The better quality definition should appear shortly.
Thanks for sharing all these wonderful artifacts, I am currently take a class in Mexican history and it seems as every week a new artifact pop ups In my feed as we are talking about them in my class,Thanks again
At last - an appreciation of the exceptional qualities of these yokes. As a young sculptor I was completely stunned and inspired by them. Their enclosure of an inner, human but animal inflected space is part of their special appeal, but also in sheer formal power they are magnificent.
