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Within a creature’s curve

Figures framed by a serpent or a creature’s open form. The captions need checking.

1 selected records · 2 intake leads. Membership records a resemblance; it does not establish common origin.

Compare the recorded features

Each row describes one object, surface or textual scope. A dash means “not recorded”, not “absent”. Features across different rows do not establish co-occurrence.

Record & scopeHuman figureSurrounding creature
La Venta · Monument 19single surfaceRecordedRecorded
Cultural context

Olmec La Venta

La Venta Monument 19: seated figure inside a serpent
Source-linked observation

La Venta · Monument 19

c. 900–400 BCE · site context

Human figureSurrounding creature

The serpent curves around the seated figure. The repeated montage panels reference this same object.

Episode, sources & image

Observation scope: single surface

  • c. 900–400 BCE · site context · site context
    Broad principal La Venta horizon; an individual monument date remains to be tightened. Date source

La Venta Monument 19 in El Tlacuache 1199 · La Venta: archaeological site

Gary Todd CC0 Image record
Existing source image; displayed uncropped. No generated reconstruction.

The identification queue

Leads worth following.

Preserved claims and images, awaiting the checks needed for object records.

Correction recorded · claim

Egypt, Mexico and a Māori-labelled drawing

The two Mexican panels show the same Olmec monument, La Venta 19. “South America” and “Aztecs, Toltecs” mislabel it. The Egyptian “Hapi” and Māori attributions remain untraced. “Quetzalcoatl” is not a verified identification of the seated figure.

Images, source check & next step
Four-panel serpent comparison. Two panels repeat La Venta Monument 19 under inconsistent labels.
Four-panel serpent comparison. Two panels repeat La Venta Monument 19 under inconsistent labels.
Supplied reference; original photographer or compiler uncredited unless stated in the audit. Rights unresolved; retained for source criticism. Not covered by the code licence.

Next: Find the Egyptian object and original Māori illustration; retain the two Mexican views under one physical identity.

Panel-by-panel intake (4)
PanelCaption / leadObject match
top-left“Egyptian god Hapi” · captionIdentity open
top-rightLa Venta Monument 19La Venta · Monument 19
bottom-leftLa Venta Monument 19 · another viewLa Venta · Monument 19
bottom-right“Māori New Zealand” · captionIdentity open

Input coverage and identification audit · La Venta Monument 19 in El Tlacuache 1199 · La Venta: archaeological site

Identification open · claim

Faces within birdlike masks

Three views may include the same architectural carving. No site, period or collection identity has been adopted from resemblance alone.

Images, source check & next step
Frontal carved bird mask; site and object unverified.
Frontal carved bird mask; site and object unverified.
Supplied reference; original photographer or compiler uncredited unless stated in the audit. Rights unresolved; retained for source criticism. Not covered by the code licence.
Human face below a birdlike beak, side view; site unverified.
Human face below a birdlike beak, side view; site unverified.
Supplied reference; original photographer or compiler uncredited unless stated in the audit. Rights unresolved; retained for source criticism. Not covered by the code licence.
Oblique view of a human face inside a birdlike form; identity unverified.
Oblique view of a human face inside a birdlike form; identity unverified.
Supplied reference; original photographer or compiler uncredited unless stated in the audit. Rights unresolved; retained for source criticism. Not covered by the code licence.

Next: Match the architecture and carving to a site record before splitting these into separate objects.

Input coverage and identification audit

Input coverage & corrections · Add an image or source