m a s k - divine face

Mask, divine face,
reborn as the Maya god of maize.
guiding the sovereign through shadows, jade awakens the sun, eternal in its dusk,
the world's sustenance.

-Funerary mask
Tomo 1, Structure VII
Calakmul, Campeche, México
Between 660 and 750 AD
Jade mosaic, shell and gray obsidian