ANCIENT MODS UPDATE, 1/6/12 - One Bad Ass M*F*er (13-15th century, Mesoamerica) 

It doesn’t matter what century you’re in - you see someone walking down the street with a solid gold serpent busting out of their chin you know it means “Bow the hell down!”

…Pardon my English.

Lip Plug in the Form of a Serpent

Culture - Mixtec
Date -1350-1521 CE
Period - Pre-Columbian
Region - Mesoamerica
Materials - Gold
Dimensions - 6.6 x 6.3cm
Repository - American Museum of Natural History, New York, New York
Website - http://www.amnh.org/