Illustration for BOK of Female Profile from YAX Lintel 17 as Drawn by Annie Hunter and Linda Schele

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Ink on white paper
Object Dimensions
7 x 12 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3555
Annotations
BOK Introduction Fig. 5 Detail, woman from Yaxchilan Stela 17; drawing (left) by Annie Hunter, (right) Linda Schele
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and David A. Freidel. 1990. A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York: William Morrow and Company, Inc.: 22, Fig. 5a & 5b

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Site Found
Yaxchilan
Geographic Region
Mexico, Southern Lowlands
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Lintel
Description

Contrasting studies of head detail from Lintel 17 showing bloodletting. Left by Annie Hunter for Alfred P. Maudslay; right by Schele.

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