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Results 1 - 4 of 4 for "feathered serpent"
Site:  Tikal
Schele Number:  2028
Description:  Detail of double-headed feathered serpent from lintel 3, temple 4.
Architectural Feature:  Lintel
Chronological Era:  Late Classic
Culture:  Maya
Iconographic Features:  Bicephalic Deity
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Schele Number:  3529
Description:  Detail of three serpents. top = feathered serpent from maya preclassic period. middle = headband twin sits on tongue between open jaws of a vision serpent, bottom = vision serpent with k'awiil emerging from the mouth and foliated ajaw riding on tail.
Culture:  Maya
Iconographic Features:  Serpent; Vision Serpent; God Gii, God K, K'awiil; Headband Twin Deities
Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:49, Fig. 1.23
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Site:  San Agustin Acasaguastlan
Schele Number:  5520
Description:  Breakout illustration from redware jar. the sun god sits at the center of the image, holding a two-headed feathered serpent in each arm. the sun god emerges from the open jaws of one serpent, while from the other serpent's mouth emerges a human head wearing a reptilian monster. various additional supernaturals, including a turtle with human limbs, a personified caiman, and a death god holding a decapitated head crawl along the serpent's body.
Current Location:  Heye Foundation, Smithsonian Institution
Artifact:  
Chronological Era:  Early Classic
Culture:  Maya
Object Size:  76.2 x h 17 cm
Iconographic Features:  God A, God A', Death God; God Of Number 4, K'in, Sun God; Vision Serpent; Bicephalic Deity; Turtle
Publications:  L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:193-194, Plate 73
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Site:  Chichen Itza
Schele Number:  7676
Description:  Detail of register b, lower temple of the jaguar, showing the arrival of the feathered serpent.
Architectural Feature:  Mural
Chronological Era:  Late Classic
Culture:  Maya
Publications:  L. Schele and P. Mathews, The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs 1998:186, Fig. 5.12 & 222, Fig. 6.17
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