COLLECTION NAME:
Maya Art and Architecture
Record
Filename:
chac_mool3.jpg
Identifier:
chac_mool3
Creator:
Anonymous
Style or Period:
Pre-Columbian
City or Region:
Yucatan Peninsula
Site:
Chichen Itza
Country:
Mexico
Language:
Spanish
Subject:
sculpture
Subject:
Meso American
Subject:
reclining figure
Description:
Sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting itself on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its stomach. These figures possibly symbolised slain warriors carrying offerings to the gods; the bowl upon the chest was used to hold sacrificial offerings.
