Drawing from Bonampak Mural Room 1, Lower 2 Registers

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
11 x 17 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-6005
Annotations
Bonampak T.1 Room 1
Bibliography

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 283, Fig. 5:2 & 5:3

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Site Found
Bonampak
Geographic Region
Mexico, Chiapas, Southern Lowlands
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Medium
Mural painting
Subject Type
Mural
Provenance
Structure 1, Room 1
Description

Above = Lower register, West Side, Room 1, Temple 1, showing a dance procession carrying large feather banners. Below = Lower register, East Side, Room 1, Temple 1, showing musicians (including trumpeters, drummers, rattle players, and masked dancers) in procession.

Subject Bibliography

Part of G2 Caption #40 Bonampak

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