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The Lunar Maize God: (a) Detail of an incised conch shell trumpet, Late Classic, lowland Maya Area; (b) Detail of the Vase of the Stars; (c) Detail of a full-figure glyph, Copá Structure 9M-146 bench, Late Classic, lowland Maya area, AD 780 (?); (d) Detail of a sherd from Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, Late Classic

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Description: The Lunar Maize God: (a) Detail of an incised conch shell trumpet, Late Classic,...

TitleThe Lunar Maize God: (a) Detail of an incised conch shell trumpet, Late Classic, lowland Maya Area; (b) Detail of the Vase of the Stars; (c) Detail of a full-figure glyph, Copá Structure 9M-146 bench, Late Classic, lowland Maya area, AD 780 (?); (d) Detail of a sherd from Santa Rita Corozal, Belize, Late Classic

Creator nameChinchilla, Oswaldo

Creator nationality/cultureUnknown

Creator roleIllustrator

Creation dateUnknown

Creation date (description)Late classic

Object typeIllustration

MaterialsUnknown

DimensionsUnknown

LocationUnknown

Accession numberUnknown

SubjectsMaya sculptureMaya potteryMaya mythology in art

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8. The Perfect Youth

Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

Description: Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya

Art and Myth of the Ancient Maya

Rather than salvation in the afterlife, Jesus’s sacrifice brought about human sustenance on earth, as understood by Don Nito, a ritual specialist (zajorín) from the Ch’orti’ hamlet of Tunucó...

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Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

PublisherYale University Press

Copyright© 2017 by Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos

https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00019.012

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Chapter subject tags:Maya mythologyMaya language--TextsMaya potteryMaya sculptureArt, Ancient AmericanMaya gods

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