Site: Uaxactun | Schele Number: 6600 | Description: Colossal stucco mask from group h. the lower band has been interpreted as fish swimming in the primordial sea; the lower mask as the mountain of creation and the upper mask as a human-made snake mountain. | Architectural Feature: Façade | Chronological Era: Early Classic | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Witz Deity | Publications: L. Schele and D. Freidel, A Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya 1990:138, Fig. 4:7 L. Schele, "The Olmec Mountain and Tree Creation in Mesoamerican Cosmology," in The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership, 1995:109, Fig. 13
D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:141, Fig. 3.9 | See Also: Schele Photos for "Olmec" | |
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