Illustration for BOK Depicting Bird Jaguar's Costume Details from Lintel 2

Artist
Linda Schele
Medium
Tracing paper on top of Ink on white paper
Object Dimensions
11 1/2 x 9 in
Object Collection
Schele Drawing Collection
Object Number
SD-3545
Annotations
verso: BOK Pl. 76 La Pasadita, Lintel 2 Bird Jag's Costume Elements; reverse: Fig. 13.b La Pasadita Lintel 2 details; Annotation in red pencil: "p. 196"
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.: 137, Fig. III.4; 196, Plate 76

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Site Found
La Pasadita
Geographic Region
Mexico, Chiapas, Southern Lowlands, Usumacinta River region
Chronological Period
Late Classic
Culture
Maya
Subject Type
Lintel
Subject Dimensions
117 x 90 cm
Subject Institution/ Collection
Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde, Leiden, Holland
Description

Details from Lintel 2 illustrating Bird Jaguar IV's costume, including Muan Bird headdress, mask, and inverted perforator god hanging from belt, blood scrolls and censer with multiple bloodletting knots.

Notes or Gallery Text

Dated A.D. 766.

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