Schele Number: 7128 | Description: carved shell showing a peccary whose back has slit open like a turtle shell. out of the cleft, rises a maize god holding a paint pot and brush. this peccary has been interpreted as representing the stars of orion and the maize god as the creator who will paint the sky. | Artifact: | Chronological Era: Late Classic | Notes: after image in m. coe's maya scribe and his world. | Culture: Maya | Iconographic Features: Peccary; God E, Maize God; Scribe, Codex, Ink Pot; Astronomy | Publications: D. Freidel, L. Schele and J. Parker, Maya Cosmos: Three Thousand Years on the Shaman's Path 1993:84, Fig. 2:19a | See Also: Schele Photos for "" | |
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