Schele Number: 3519 | Description: various representations of the witz or "mountain." top figure = base from bonampak stela 1 shows maize god emerging from cleft in mountain. second row, left=personified mountain from metropolitan pot; right=full-figure witz from stela d, copan. bottom row, left=personified eccentric flint from tablet of the slaves, palenque; right=stone ax head from dumbarton oaks panel. | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Witz Deity; God E, Maize God | Publications: L. Schele and M. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art 1986:45-46 D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path, 1993:200, Fig. 4:17(a) | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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