Illustration for MC Depicting Detail from Cermanic Vase of Hero Twin

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Ink on tracing paper
Object Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3527
Annotations
MC-Fig. 6:6 (on Ceramic Vessel) Hero Twin dancing with the White-Bone-Snake around the neck.
Bibliography

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 263, Fig. 6:6

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Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Description

Detail of human (possibly a Hero Twin) dressed in penitent clothing with the White-Bone-Snake, a two-headed serpent draped around his shoulders.

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