COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0152-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0152
Title:
Hacha transforming images : jaguar holding a head, a portrait, and an acrobat.
Subject:
Stone carving--Guatemala
Subject:
Maya sculpture--Guatemala
Subject:
Maya art--Guatemala
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
This Maya hacha contains images of a hunchback offering his head, an acrobat with his feet facing the back of his head, a profile of an individual and a serpent or jaguar holding a head in its mouth. They all represent self-sacrifice, transformation, and death which occur during the ballgame.
Materials:
Stone: basalt, inlays missing. Tenon type.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 600 and 900
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Ceremonial object
Dimensions:
7 5/8 in high x 7/18 in wide x 2 in deep
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Guatemala
Rights:
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).
Culture:
Maya
Period:
Late Classic
