Detail of Holmul Dancer or Hun-Nal, the Maize God, Dancing While Wearing a Snake Throne Backrack

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on tracing paper
Object Dimensions
11 x 8 1/2 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3508
Annotations
MC Fig 6.16 (Holmul Dancer) Hun-Nal, The Maize God, Dancing with a Snake Throne Backrack
Bibliography

Freidel, David A., Linda Schele, and Joy Parker. 1993. Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path. New York: W. Morrow: 277, Fig. 6:16

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Geographic Region
Belize, Holmul region
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Ceramic vessel
Description

Detail of Holmul Dancer or Hun-Nal, the Maize God, dancing while wearing a snake throne backrack.

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