Exploded Drawing of San Agustin Acasaguastlan Vessel Depicting the Sun God for Publication

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Black ink on white paper taped to posterboard and covered with tracing paper. Typed annotations pasted onto white paper identify the various elements
Object Dimensions
11 x 19 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-5520
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.: 193-194, Plate 73

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Site Found
San Agustin Acasaguastlan
Geographic Region
Guatemala, Highland region
Chronological Period
Early Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Carved ceramic vessel
Subject Dimensions
76.2 x h 17 cm
Subject Institution/ Collection
Heye Foundation, Smithsonian Institution
Description

Breakout illustration from redware jar. The Sun God sits at the center of the image, holding a two-headed feathered serpent in each arm. The Sun God emerges from the open jaws of one serpent, while from the other serpent's mouth emerges a human head wearing a reptilian monster. Various additional supernaturals, including a turtle with human limbs, a personified caiman, and a Death God holding a decapitated head crawl along the serpent's body.

Notes or Gallery Text

See also SD 7644 and SD 7643

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