Site: Palenque | Schele Number: 233 | Description: At top: reconstruction of stucco sculptures on north substructure tiers, palace. each tier displays a large human (perhaps k'an joy chitam ii) or maize god face flanked by a two-headed serpent. from the open jaws of each serpent emerges the head of k'awiil. at bottom: earflare assemblage from lower east mask on structure 5c-2nd, cerros, belize. | Current Location: Palenque, Palace, North Substructure | Architectural Feature: Façade | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Notes: Bodega book numbers 483-489: photographs and drawings of 484, 486-489, photographs without accompanying drawings of 483, 485 (bod. nos. 261a, and 281c: palenque museum a6, d8, b6, d4, and j1) | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Bicephalic Deity; God E, Maize God; God Gii, God K, K'awiil | Publications: L. Schele, Eighth Palenque Round Table 1996:26-27, Fig. 10c | See Also: Schele Photos for "Palenque" | |
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