Relief
| Object Number: | 20987 |
|---|---|
| Current Location: |
Mexico and Central America Gallery Currently On Display |
| Culture: | Late Classic |
| Provenience: | Honduras Santa Rosa de Copan |
| Culture Area: | Central American |
| Date Made: | 750 CE |
| Early Date: | 750 |
| Late Date: | 750 |
| Section: | American |
| Materials: | Stone |
| Iconography: | Sun God |
| Height: | 39.4 cm |
| Width: | 52.1 cm |
| Thickness: | 11.5 cm |
| Credit Line: | Gift of Gustave Niederlein, 1898 |
Description
Stone carving with jaguar ears, scroll eyebrows, fish fins on the cheeks, and a single, filed tooth.
Current & Past Exhibitions:
| Fourteen Eyes in a Museum Storeroom (05 Feb 1952 - 31 Mar 1952) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| MAYA 2012: Lords of Time (05 May 2012 - 13 Jan 2013) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mayan Gallery (1954 - 2001) | View Objects in Exhibition |
| Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018) | View Objects in Exhibition |
Bibliography:
| [Article] 1898. "Collections and Publications". Bulletin of the Free Museum of Science and Art. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania. Vol. I. no. No. 4. pg. 184-188 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: 187 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
| [Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 65, pl. 59 | View Objects related to this Actual Citation |
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