Architectural Medallion Depicting the Maize God

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Architectural Medallion Depicting the Maize God

Guatemala or Mexico, Southern Lowlands, Maya, 100 BCE–100 CE
Stucco
Carved stucco
6 × 6 × 2 in. (15.24 × 15.24 × 5.08 cm)
Gift of Constance McCormick Fearing (AC1998.209.50)
Art of the Ancient Americas
Not currently on public view

Bibliography

  • Selections from the Pre-Columbian Collection of Constance McCormick Fearing. Santa Barbara: Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1967.

  • Fields, Virginia M. and Dorie Reents-Budet. Lords of Creation: The Origins of Sacred Maya Kingship. London: Scala Publishers Limited; LACMA, 2005.