Lintel and Reclining Figure Painted Above Lintel on West Wall, Upper Temple of the Jaguars After Adela Breton's watercolor

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on mylar
Object Dimensions
12 x 17 1/4 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-5042
Annotations
C.I. West C. Panel Upper T. Jaguar, After Breton
Bibliography

Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner: 8: 236, Fig. 6.35, B7F

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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

West central panel and door lintel, Upper Temple of the Jaguar, Great Ballcourt. Image over door interpreted as a sacrificed Maize God and the analogous human sacrifice.

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