Mayan Woman Holding Corn Ceramic

In the same way artists worked the hard stone they also delicately cut and incised marine and freshwater shell animal bones and even human bones.

Mayan woman holding corn ceramic.

This great looking figurine is 12 tall and 7 across at the shoulders. The square face is 4 1 2 wide and 5 1 4 high. Shell earflare frontals 1995 489a b depict the severed head of the maya maize god the personification of a newly harvested ear of corn. Apr 11 2015 explore madame delacroix s board corn god on pinterest.

Images of ancient maya women wearing this distinctive headdress have been found carved on stone monuments painted on ceramics and murals and drawn in screen fold bark paper books called codices. The waist 12 1 2 in circumference. Ceramic mayan figurine with corn head piece and holding corn maize. The coiled snake headdress is a significant artifact connected with maya women both ancient and modern.

Mar 19 2013 date. There are designs throughout the body. Origins and heritage of mayan weaving. Ix chel is a complex goddess with multiple facets concerned with healing midwifery sexuality herbalism weaving and nature.

The corn and waist band are a. The arms extend out 4. See more ideas about mayan art mesoamerican mayan.