Bat Spirit

By Calvert Bowannie

Animal: Bat, Material: Marble
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An anthropomorphized leaf-nosed bat called Camazotz or Zotzilaha Chamalcan is an ancient Mayan Bat god believed to represent night, death and sacrifice. Because beneficial bats lived in caves around sacred cenotes, Indigenous Mesoamerican societies regarded these mammals as being associated with the underworld. What a chilling sight at dusk when millions of bats would swarm out of the mysterious underworld to begin their night duties! Calvert Bowannie's nicely polished black marble bat has turquoise eyes and spread wings to a measurement of approximately 1 1/4" tall, 7/8" wide and 3/8" deep. Bats are vital pollinators.

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