Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0152-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0152
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Title:
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Hacha transforming images : jaguar holding a head, a portrait, and an acrobat.
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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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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.
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Materials:
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Stone: basalt, inlays missing. Tenon 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 600 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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7 5/8 in high x 7/18 in wide x 2 in deep
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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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