| From about 25cm(10")
beneath the current terrain surface, this find incorporates
the common theme of one eye open, one eye
closed. While
the imagery in the lithic material at this site is usually only
perfunctorily carved, apparently just as a matter of (animistic?) routine, this particular figure is easily
recognized as a human head, possibly wearing shamanic
headgear. The artificial carving and grinding
marks are also quite evident. As is often the case with
the more explicit figure stones, this one stands upright on a
flattened base.
In typical fashion, this stone is
polymorphic/polyiconic, incorporating sev- eral recognizable images on its
surface. Below are other sides of the rock, their images
less humanlike than in the photo above, but compelling
nonetheless.
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