Pre-Columbian Art

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Classic Maya Art and the Popol Vu

Characters:

One Hunahpu (Maize God) and Seven Hunahpu

One Monkey and One Artisan

Hunahpu and Xbalanque (Hero Twins)

Lords of Xibalba

One and Seven Death (God L)

Ball Game

Ball game players, Jaina Island (“Jaina figures”)

Panel Depicting Ball Game, Guatemala, 600-900

Ball court marker, Chinkulic, c.600

Vessel with Ballgame between Kings of Cat Hill and Motul de San Jose

Ball Court with Frieze, Chichen Itza, c.1000

Ball court at Copan

Courtly Underworld

Princeton Vase with Underworld Scene, c.600-800

Vase of the Seven Lords

Vessel with scenes from Popol Vu (Hero Twins perform before God L)

Lord of the Jaguar Pelt Vase

Mural with God L, Cacaytla, Tlaxcala

Maize God and Regeneration

Large plate with Maize God and Turtle, c.600-800

Plate with Maize God

Corn God from Structure 22, Copan

Pakal’s Sarcophagus lid, Temple of the Inscriptions, Palenque

Artists and Scribes

Scribe from Copan

Monkey Artisan incense burner

Works we’ve seen before:

Ballcourt at Copan

Lord of the Jaguar Pelt Vase

The Maize God (from Structure 22, Copan)

Dwarf

Structure 22, Copan

Pakal’s Sarcophagus, Palenque