Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0145-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0145
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Title:
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Hacha : stylized avian, skull or jaguar.
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Maya sculpture--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Maya art--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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Depending on your point of view, there are three images of death; a skull, a predatory bird, and a jaguar. The hacha represents the three Mesoamerican realms: death and the underworld, life and the land of the living, and the heavens of the ancestors and the gods. Archaeologists believe the notched hacha type was used as a ballcourt marker.
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Materials:
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Stone: basalt, notched type.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 550 and 900
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Ceremonial object
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Dimensions:
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11 1/4 in high x 2 1/8 in wide x 7 1/4 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Guatemala
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Rights:
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Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
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Culture:
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Maya
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Period:
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Late Classic
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