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Possible howler monkey statue, temple 11, Copan. Among the Classic Mayas, the howler monkey god was a major deity of the arts—including music—and a patron of the artisans, especially of the scribes and sculptors. [1] As such, his sphere of influence overlapped with that of the Tonsured Maize God. The monkey patrons—there are often two of ...
While the vast majority of Maya art and works illustrate political or religious themes highlighting the image of god or rulers, the Chiik Naab murals are entirely social scenes, a subject that is rarely represented, showing the image of a Maya market which has contributed to understanding the cultural traditions and daily lifestyle of the pre ...
Sculpture stands as one of the most ancient and revered artistic traditions within the cultural tapestry of Mexico. Its origins trace back to Prehispanic civilizations, where it found expression in a myriad of forms across diverse contexts, including pyramids, sanctuaries, esplanades, and communal objects.
The Maya’s god of lightning has been seen by experts before, but rarely like this. Rare sculpture of Mayan god found in path of train construction, Mexican officials say Skip to main content
Maya chacmool from Chichen Itza, excavated by Le Plongeon in 1875, now displayed at the National Museum of Anthropology in Mexico City. A chacmool (also spelled chac-mool or Chac Mool) is a form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting itself on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its stomach.
Stone, Andrea, and Marc Zender, Reading Maya Art: A Hieroglyphic Guide to Ancient Maya Painting and Sculpture. Thames and Hudson 2011. Stuart, David, and George Stuart, Palenque, Eternal City of the Maya. Thames and Hudson 2008. Tate, Carolyn E., The Carved Ceramics Called Chochola. In 5th Palenque Round Table, PARI, San Francisco 1985: 122-133.
The miscellaneous sculptures include M1 through M7 which are various pieces of what were once statues that seem to depict people, possibly deities or rulers. [3] M1 is perhaps the most noteworthy, being the sculpture often referenced by the archaeologists who named the site as it appears to be a clenched hand which led to the name “Kabah”. [2]
Ek Chuah, also transliterated as Ek Chuaj and known as God M in the Schellhas-Zimmermann-Taube classification of codical gods, is a Postclassic Maya merchant deity and patron deity of cacao. [1] Ek Chuah is part of a pantheon of Maya deities that have been depicted in hieroglyphs and artwork of various Maya sites and has been interpreted as a ...