Lintel with Royal Woman in Lunar Cartouche750–850 CE

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Title: Lintel with Royal Woman in Lunar Cartouche
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Chiapas or Guatemala, Petén, Usumacinta River Valley, nearby Yaxchilán
Date Made: 750–850 CE
Medium: Limestone and pigment
Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 34 5/16 in. (69.85 x 87.00 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Shinji Shumekai Ancient Art Fund and Joan Palevsky
Accession Number: AC1992.76.1
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
Labbé, Armand J. Religion, Art, and Iconography: Man and Cosmos in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. Santa Ana: Bowers Museum, 1982.
O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.

Not on view

Title: Lintel with Royal Woman in Lunar Cartouche
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Mexico, Chiapas or Guatemala, Petén, Usumacinta River Valley, nearby Yaxchilán
Date Made: 750–850 CE
Medium: Limestone and pigment
Dimensions: 27 1/2 x 34 5/16 in. (69.85 x 87.00 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by the Shinji Shumekai Ancient Art Fund and Joan Palevsky
Accession Number: AC1992.76.1
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: Los Angeles County Museum of Art. New York: Thames and Hudson, 2003.
Labbé, Armand J. Religion, Art, and Iconography: Man and Cosmos in Prehispanic Mesoamerica. Santa Ana: Bowers Museum, 1982.
O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
Chinchilla Mazariegos, Oswaldo, James A. Doyle, and Joanne Pillsbury, editors. Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art. New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2022.