| P-11 Maya Tablet of the Foliated Tree of Life
Size: 13"H x 19"W (33 x 48cm) |
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| The original of this tablet is located in the Temple of the Foliated Cross, one of the three temples in Palenque, known as the Group of the Cross, built by King Chan-Bahlum to commemorate and celebrate his accession rites to the throne after the death of his father, King Pacal. The tablet shows Chan Bahlum on the left side, dressed simply with a loin cloth and his long hair wrapped in readiness to don the heavy headdress of kingship.
His father Pacal stands on the other side, dressed in burial apparel. Pacal holds the insignia of royal power, the passing of authority will occur at the end of ten days of accession rites. In the center we see a variant of the Tree of Life formed by a maize plant rising from a band of water and the Kan-cross Waterlily Monster, which symbolizes the waters of the earth as the source of life. In the crown of the tree sits a huge water bird wearing the mask of the Celestial Bird.
The branches of the tree are ears of maize manifested as human heads since in Maya tradition, human flesh was made from maize dough. Pacal is shown giving to his son a personified bloodletter, an instrument for bloodletting rituals and vision quests. It drew the blood of the King and brought on the trance that opened the portal to Shivalva (the Maya underworld) and brought forth the Gods.
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| P-6 Chac-Mool
Size: 8"H x 12"W (20 x 25cm) Item Type: statue Material: cultured marble Weight (lbs): 11 Product Code: P-6 Cost: $101.00 |
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Chac Mools have been found across Mesoamerica, from El Salvador to Michoacan, although most of the best examples come from Chichen Itza and Tula. This Toltec style offertory figure is in its typical half-reclining position, supporting himself at the elbows, with its head turned to one side. The bowl held on the chests of Chac Mools were receptacles for offerings; in one Aztec example, the bowl held by the Chac Mool was a receptacle for the hearts of sacrificial victims. Chac Mools may symbolize fallen warriors who deliver offerings to the gods. The original of this Chac Mool is located in a wide platform in front of the entrance to the Temple of the Warriors in Chichen Itza; it is positioned between two large splendidly carved feathered serpent columns that symbolize the god Kukulcan. The term Chac Mool was coined by the 19th century explorer Augustus LePlongeon, and it literally means great jaguar paw in Yucatec Mayan.
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| P-3 Aztec Moon Goddess (Coyolxauhqui)
P-3 Aztec Moon Goddess (Coyolxauhqui) Size: 11" H |
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| This sculpture, originally 10 feet in diameter, is one of the most impresive and important examples of Aztec art. Her
name is Coyolxauhqui, "She of the Rattles on her Cheeks". She was also called one who "spoke to all the centipedes and
spiders and transformed herself into a sorceress" or a "very evil woman". She was one of the major goddesses in Aztec
mythology.
In a mythical representation of the triumph of the sun over the powers of night personified by Coyolxauhqui as a
lunar goddess, she is shown decapitated and dismembered after she was slain by her brother, the Sun God,
Huitzilopochtli. Here, bells decorate her cheek, and in accordance with her ferocious image, she wears a skull on her
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| Head of Maya King Pacal
P-4 Head of Maya King Pacal Size: 10.5" H |
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| P-3 King Chan-Bahlun relief Size: 14"H (37cm) Item Type: wall plaque Material: bonded stone Weight (lbs): 5 Product Code: P-2 Price: $43.00 |
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This sculpture is a fragment of a larger scene that shows one of the ascention rituals of Chan-Bahlum to the throne of the city of Palenque. Chan-Bahlum is shown presenting the "Tialoc", a symbol of ritual bloodletting to the foliated tree of life. On the other side of the tree is the deceased King Pacal, father of Chan-Bahlum transfering the powers of kingship to his son. This scene occurs in Xibalba, the Maya underworld. Chan-Bahlum and his father Pacal were the most important kings of Palenque and their reign can be considered the golden period of Palenque during which the city became the most important religious and political center in the Yucatan. Pacal and Chan-Bahlum built all the important temples and buildings of the city. Chan Bahlum was responsible for building the three temples of the Group of the Cross from which this relief originates. During their reign, art reached new realms of technical sophistication. The name Chan-Bahlum means "Snake-Jaguar". He was born in 635 A.D., ascended to the throne on 684 A.D. at the age of 48 and died in 702 A.D.
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| Olmec
P-13 Olmec Size: 8.25" H |
La Venta, Mexico. 1000B.C. At La Venta, these four colossal heads were set as if to guard the ceremonial core of the site, three to the south and one to the north, all with their backs to the architecture. |
| Toltec Atlantean Warrior
P-12 Toltec Atlantean Warrior Size: 14.5" H |
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This standing carved column represents one of the four pillars atop the
pyramid of Quetzalcoatl that support the ceiling of the Temple of the
Morning Star (the planet Venus). The four warriors are located in the
archaeological zone of Tula (central Mexico) and watch over the ancient
city which dates back to 719 B.C.
Tula and Chitchen Itza were the main cities of the Toltec civilization which flourished between 900 A.D. and 1168 A.D. The Toltecs were a highly militaristic and ritualistic society composed of many warrior castes who were skilled metallugists and who practiced ritual sacrifice and cranial deformations. The Toltecs mysteriously disappeared in the 11th century. These columns represent Toltec warriors or possibly Tlahuizcalpantecuhtli, the plumed serpent in his guise as the morning star. The Four 15 foot tall columns show identical warriors carved from basalt who are richly atired and dressed for battle, wearing feathered headdresses, rectangular ear pieces, a belt that clasps in the rear with a large mirror, a necklace, bracelets, anklets and sandals decorated with plumed serpents. Over the chest they wear a vest with the butterfly blazon, the Toltec warrior's emblem. In their left hands, they hold a bunch of curved arrows, and in the right hands they hold an atlatl (a curved spear or arrow thrower) a weapon not seen anywhere else. |
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See more Aztec and Mayan art:
Feathered Serpent Head of Quetzalcoaltl, Aztec Calendar, Mayan Calendar,
Mask of Death and Rebirth, Aztec Double Headed Serpent,
Maya Vision Serpent
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