It is always a pleasure to know that some elements mesoamericans They transcend borders, as well as time, to insert themselves in important places in the culture current. This is the case of the so-called “vibranium copil”, made in reference to the movie Wakanda Forever of Marvel.
It all started when mexican actor Tenoch Huerta, appeared in the Comic Con International carrying a feather crown —on this occasion one that is placed in the ear— in order to announce his participation as Namor in the aforementioned film.
Children of Corn create the “vibranium copil”
The item caught the attention of thousands of people. And it seemed that everything had reached there. However, months later, Marvel Studios, in search of some element to remember the film, contacted the Mexican company Hijos del Maíz, specialized in the creation of Mesoamerican pieces, to ask it to prepare a special article alluding to the film. Wakanda Forever.
Xiu, creative director of the brand, then found himself among the joy and suffering because now he had to come up with something bordering on the sublime in order to satisfy his clients. Then she remembered that Tenoch Huerta had appeared months before with a copil of feathers in her comic con.
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“Vibranium Copil” inspired by a Mayan city
So he had the idea of creating one, but now made of metal, with references (fretwork and figures) inspired by those in the Casa de las Monjas, in the old Mayan city of Uxmal.
They named him “vibranium copil“, the latter a fictitious element on which part of the film revolves Wakanda Forever.
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“This technological novelty was created with nanotechnology and the work of Black Panther emerges from it. It is a gift designed especially for King T'Challa… for pre-Hispanic peoples it was necessary to offer gifts to the opponent, so that they know his power and technology,” Xiu, director of Hijos del Maíz, said at the time.
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