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Best preserved area of frieze
(over doorways 2-6), showing that mask stacks project well above
level of roof.
Jan. 2001 |
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Originally, on all sculptures
of traditional Yucatec domestic huts, all recessed doorways
presumably held sculptured figures.
Jan. 2001 |
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Angle view, showing different depths
and carving of parts.
Jan. 2003 |
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3 serpents heads at left and above thatch roof,
carving well preserved.
Jan. 2003 |
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Three double-headed serpents;
upper one with serpentine body incised with scales, etc.;
body of middle serpent composed of open diamonds and
ties; body of lower serpent nonexistent, as if hidden behind
thatch.
Jan. 2001 |
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Three serpent heads at right and above thatch roof,
the upper one broken.
Jan. 2001 |
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ca.1873. Photograph of naked bound captive.
Photograph by Augustus Le Plongeon, ca. 1873. Scanned from a high quality 35mm slide provided by the Getty Research Institute, taken from an original photograph in their collection . Reproduced with permission. Research Library, The Getty Research Institute, Los Angeles (96.R.137-454). |
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1917 print. " Fig. 52. Uxmal. House of the Nuns. North building. Main facade (South front). Stone figure of a captive, in the middle of the quadrant square of the frieze surface between the fourth and fifth doors (counted from the west)."
Scanned from Eduard Seler, “Die Ruinen von Uxmal,” 1917 (fig. 52). |
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2002. Naked bound captive, hands
bound across his chest, rope around neck hangs down
over stomach, testicles at bottom penis erect.
Jan. 2002 |
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Frieze between doorways 2 and 4, , showing stepped ("cloud")
frets and serrated latticework with flower interiors, covering
background.
Jan. 2001 |
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Detail of section in photo
at left; showing location of bound captive.
Jan. 2001 |
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Angle view of same bound
captive, showing sitting posture.
Jan. 2001 |
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