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The Zapotec Civilization Mural by Diego Rivera
The Zapotec Civilization Mural by Diego Rivera
This Diego Rivera mural represents the Zapotec and Mixtec Mesoamerican civilizations of Pre-Columbian Mexico. They developed in the region where the Mexican state of Oaxaca is located today. In the upper part in the center is the Balsas River, where the natives are gathering and panning for gold. To the right are some wild orchids growing as parasites on the trees, to the left are bird hunters with bows and arrows, black vultures and birds on the roof of the Indigenous huts, and four Quetzals are in a (cage; in the upper part extremely to the left in the same jungle are enormous nets, and traps for catching wild animals and birds of fine plumage.
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