Illustration for BOK Depicting a Rabbit Scribe and Tikal MT 53

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Ink on white paper
Object Dimensions
11 1/2 x 9 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3539
Annotations
verso: BOK Fig. 16 & 17, a. Rabbit Scribe from the Princeton Pot, b. Tikal MT 53; reverse: Introduction Fig. 0.15
Bibliography

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.: 40, Figs. 16 & 17

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Site Found
Tikal
Geographic Region
Guatemala
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Medium
Ceramic, Bone
Subject Type
Cylinder vase; Incised bone
Subject Institution/ Collection
Museo Morley, Parque Nacional Tikal, Guatemala
Provenance
Temple 1 (Structre 5D-1), Great Plaza
Description

Detail of a rabbit scribe writing in a codex from a cylinder vase and a hand holding a paintbrush emerging from the open jaw of a Vision serpent on an incised bone from Burial 116, Tikal.

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