The Large Cacicazgos T he rise of Traves a and others religious civic centers reflects development of he cacicazgos. Traves a was substantial larger of the other centers of its type, but is belief that it was the most powerful in a series of independent centers in the Valle. It was not the capital or the center that dominated all the region. The sculptures associated with the public buildings probably reflects the importance of a magical type symbolism in the upholding of beliefs that validated and sustained the political structure of the Cacicazgos. The art is dedicate to the creation a power.
L ike the figures and whistles, the manufacturing of seals was made in series utilizing casts.
Its use was to stamp the designed over paper, cloth or even on the skin as body decorations, which the habitants of the Valle de Sula were fun of. F or its management and form there were two types of seals, flat surface with a handle in the bask side and cylindrical which rolled over the surface by means of a stick that is introduced in the hole of the cylinder. The drawing in the seal is impregnated with dye from vegetable, animal or mineral origin and some type of glue to keep the dye attacked to the surface. Make a mold with fresh mud with the original seal. Bake the mold.