#zapotec

Effigy Vessel from Oaxaca, Mexico dated between 200 - 600 CE on display National Archaeological Museum in Madrid, Spain

This vessel is is thought to depict a warrior ruler of the Zapotec people. She wears a elaborate attire with an ornate helmet adorned with the head of jaguar. This animal is often associated with warriors and warfare in Mexican history as well as the right to rule. While female rulers were not common there are accounts prior to colonisation as well as Spanish records of women being granted rights to ancestral lands.

Earthenware urn, Zapotec, 300-600 AD

the ruins of Mitla, a Zapoctec burial & ceremonial complex in Oaxaca, Mexico

15th vs 21st centuries Donají

No matter the era, Donají always getting in trouble with authorities.