Drawing of Basal Registers from Lower Temple of the Jaguars, Chichen Itza

Artist
Mark Van Stone
Date
Jun-96
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
11 1/2 x 21 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-5061
Annotations
Lower Temple of Jaguar S Wall & 2/3 of West Wall, heads?, South Wall 15635, Rorschoch?
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner: 8: 220, Fig. 6.16, A6

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Site Found
Chichen Itza
Chronological Period
Terminal Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Carved frieze
Description

Basal registers, Lower Temple of the Jaguar, Great Ballcourt.

Top: South wall with image of a mountain.

Middle: West wall with long-snouted head. 

Bottom: Center of west wall with Maize God emerging from a mountain.

Notes or Gallery Text

Inked by Mark Van Stone.

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