Thursday, December 27, 2007

shopping and museum (day 5)

We spent the day in Merida. In the Museum of Anthropology, we learned that Mayans shaped the heads of noble children...
Some decorated their teeth with Jade and others shaped individual teeth (ouch):


Eric and Kay enjoyed the children's displays:

and there is a art exchange program with Japan - on the Passeo, there are some fabulous pieces, this one resembles some people we've seen:

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