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By Shelley Esaak, About.com Guide to Art History

Wordless Wednesday - Doe: a Deer. A Female Deer.

Wednesday November 11, 2009
Arqueológicas, Copan, Honduras / Photo © INAH, Centro Regional de Investigaciones; used with permission

Photo © INAH, Centro Regional de Investigaciones

(While they distilled alcohol, I am fairly certain that members of the Mayan culture didn't carry firearms, wear safety orange or need special permits to take antlerless deer. In fact, some Mayan artisan actually saluted this doe in ceramic form. That said, happy firearms deer season to you hunters who will go sit out in the predicted freezing rain before sunup next Monday. P.S.: Never make fun of art historians for incomprehensible pursuits, all right? Ever again. You know who you are. And I know where you've plugged your campers' extension cords into our household outlets.)

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November 11, 2009 at 7:00 pm
(1) Sukhmandir Kaur says:

I wouldn’t mess with her If I were you and apparently you know who you are even if I don’t LOL BTW I’m plugging for the doe a deer

November 11, 2009 at 10:50 pm
(2) Lisa Taylor says:

What a lovely, reclining pose. It looks like the Mayan deer is licking herself…is that a tongue I see, or the lower part of her mouth?

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