Drawing of Image on Carved Shell Depicting a Seated Figure Wearing a Deer Headdress

Artist

Linda Schele

Date

1985

Medium

Black ink on drawing paper

Object Dimensions

11 1/2 x 9 in

Object Collection

Schele Drawing Collection

Object Number

SD-7203

Annotations

[on reverse] Fig III. 13; Cleveland Shell

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.: 155, Plate 59a

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Geographic Region

Southern Lowlands

Chronological Period

Late Classic

Culture

Maya

Subject Type

Carved shell

Subject Dimensions

h. 26.5 cm

Subject Institution/ Collection

Norweb Collection, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, MO