Exploded Drawing of San Agustin Acasaguastlan Vessel Depicting the Sun God for Publication

Autor
Linda Schele
Material
Black ink on white paper taped to posterboard and covered with tracing paper. Typed annotations pasted onto white paper identify the various elements
Dimensiones de Objeto
11 x 19 in
Colección de Objeto
La Colección de Dibujos de Linda Schele
Numero de Objeto
SD-5520
Bibliografía

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.: 193-194, Plate 73

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Sitio Encontrado
San Agustin Acasaguastlan
Región Geográfica
Guatemala, Highland region
Región Cronológico
Early Classic
Cultura
Maya
Categoría de Sujecto
Carved ceramic vessel
Dimensiones de Sujeto
76.2 x h 17 cm
Institución o Colección de Sujeto
Heye Foundation, Smithsonian Institution
Descripción

Breakout illustration from redware jar. The Sun God sits at the center of the image, holding a two-headed feathered serpent in each arm. The Sun God emerges from the open jaws of one serpent, while from the other serpent's mouth emerges a human head wearing a reptilian monster. Various additional supernaturals, including a turtle with human limbs, a personified caiman, and a Death God holding a decapitated head crawl along the serpent's body.

Notas

See also SD 7644 and SD 7643

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