Illustration for FOK of Vision Serpents and Double-headed Serpent Bars

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Ink on white paper
Object Dimensions
10 x 7 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3559
Annotations
Fig. 2:3 FOK; "Vision Serpents and Serpent Bars"; "Vision Serpents and Souble-headed Serpent Bars"
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.: 69, Fig. 2:3;

Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs. New York: Scribner: 8:47, Fig. 1.22b & 1.22c.

Rights and Image Use

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Geographic Region
Guatemala or Mexico, Southern Lowlands
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Description

Detail of two vision serpents with ancestors emerging from mouth and two double-headed serpent bars with deities emerging from opened mouths.

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