Drawing of Various Details of Snakes from Lower Temple of the Jaguars

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
7 3/4 x 11 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-5016
Annotations
Lower Temple of the Jaguars Entwined snakes separating the registers Head Detail from Register C
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner: 8: 219, Fig. 6.14; 223, Fig. 6:19

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Site Found
Chichen Itza
Geographic Region
Mexico, Yucatan, Northern Lowlands
Chronological Period
Terminal Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Panel, Tablet
Description

Detail of interior panel, Register C, Lower Temple of the Jaguar, showing the entwined snakes that separates registers and detail of one of the heads from Register C wearing eye rings ("goggles") and a mouth ornament with teeth.

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