Detail from Conch Shell Trumpet

Autor
Linda Schele
Material
Black ink on white paper
Colección de Objeto
La Colección de Dibujos de Linda Schele
Numero de Objeto
SD-6913
Anotaciónes
verso: Vision Serpent Twin, Vision Serpent, Hun Ahau Twin, Moon Twin, throne, moon sign, god of the trumpet, Uc-Ahau (name of the Twin above), he scattered, location from the Huehuetenango vase, God N shells, "fish-in-hand"(he let blood), balam (jaguar), God N, nicte (flower), lancets in hand, U-Ahau (Moon Lord), The twin above; reverse; Fig. VIII.3 Incised drawing from Pearlman Pot
Bibliografía

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.: 309, Plate 121

Rights and Image Use

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Región Cronológico
Early Classic
Cultura
Maya
Dimensiones de Sujeto
h 21.5 cm
Institución o Colección de Sujeto
Edwin Pearlman, Norfolk, VA
Descripción

Detail from conch shell trumpet inscribed with image of Hun Ajaw Twin holding a Vision serpent and a female, likely the Moon Goddess, sitting on a pillow.

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