Drawing of Dumbarton Oaks Palenque Panel

Artist
Linda Schele
Date
1980
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
11 x 17 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-120
Bibliography

Maya Iconography 1980:309

Schele, Linda, Mary Ellen Miller, and Justin Kerr. 1986. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. New York: G. Braziller: 275, fig. VII.3

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Site Found
Palenque
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Style
Panel, Tablet
Subject Institution/ Collection
Washington, DC, Dumbarton Oaks
Description

Carved limestone panel with three figures. The central figure, K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II, stands in a dancing posture holding aloft a serpent-footed axe and wearing the shell ear-piece of GI. His father, K'inich Janaab Pakal (right), and mother, Lady Tz'akbu Ajaw (left) sit flanking him. Pakal holds a small, full-figure K'awiil and Lady Tz'akbu Ajaw holds a personified Jester God. The text records an anniversary of the death of his ancestor, K'an Joy Chitam I.

Notes or Gallery Text

DN of 4.7.0 moves forward to the anniversary LC of 9.11.4.7.0. CR of 9 Manik 5 Muwan yields a probable 9.14.11.2.7, some three years after K'inich K'an Joy Chitam II's capture by Tonina (see SD149). Schele (1980:308) notes that there is no firm association between the panel and Palenque; the panel may have come from a nearby site.

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