Illustration for MC of Cache Vessel Lid Depicting Open Mouthed Serpent with Human Profile

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
11 x 5 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3528
Annotations
MC-Fig. 4:28E Lid of Cache Vessel, God A' emeres from a vision serpent floating in Ch'ulel
Bibliography

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 216, Fig. 4:28(e)

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Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Description

Detail from lid of a cache vessel showing God A' emerging from the open jaws of a Vision Serpent floating in ch'ulel.

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