Wall of Gold Skulls Halloween Composition Notebook PDF Download

Author: Angela Carranza
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Languages : en
Pages : 100

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This cool skull composition notebook with a golden, shimmery background really pops! A beautiful composition book for anyone who loves skull designs and gold! Composition Notebook Features: 100 Wide Ruled Pages (with a line for the date at the top right of each page) 7.5" X 9.25" (Perfect Size) Matte Cover Makes a great gift for Girls, Boys, Adults, and Senior Citizens. This skull journal is perfect for writing notes and jotting down your thoughts! There's plenty of space within this book for all the notes you need. Did you know? In ancient Mexico, there were once walls built with thousands of human skulls. When Spanish soldiers and explorers made contact with the people of Mesoamerica in the 16th century, they found many new things--including tzompantli, wooden scaffolding used to display human heads. One skull wall is estimated to have been nearly 200 feet long and 100 feet wide at its peak. It's believed that the Aztecs built tzompantli to demonstrate the might of their empire to enemies. Tzompantli is an Aztec word that means "skull rack," "wall of skulls," or "skull banner." Contemporary uses Tzompantli have been the subject of multiple artworks created during the twentieth century. Jose Chavez Morado depicted tzompantli in a 1961 painting. George O. Jackson, as part of his Essence of Mexico project, photographed various representations of skulls, which he refers to as calaveras (the Spanish word for "skulls"). Jackson refers to groups of these photos as tzompantli. Tzompantli were also the subject of murals created for the festival Mextonia, which celebrates Mexican culture and occurs in Estonia, by the art collective Nueve Arte Urbano. The Museo de Arte de Querétaro featured an exhibit titled Tzompantli, which featured works made by various artists depicting skulls. In Mexico City, there is also an example of an ancient tzompantli inside the Great Temple Museum (Museo de Sitio del Templo Mayor). Day of the Dead During the celebration of Dia de Los Muertos (the Day of the Dead), sugar skulls are often used to decorate the ofrendas (offerings), and they are exactly what their name describes: skull-shaped sugar.