Accession No
TEMP.00233
Description
A modern plaster cast of a Maya relief on the lower section of Yaxchilan Stela 7, depicting a deer (Chij) with a possible water sign (Ha') below, representing a mythical toponym: Chij Ha', or Deer Water.
Place
Americas; North America; Mexico; Yaxchilan
Period
Classic Maya Modern
Source
Maudslay, Alfred Percival [collector and donor]
Department
Arch
Reference Numbers
TEMP.00233
Cultural Affliation
Material
Plaster
Local Term
Measurements
65mm x 425mm x 340mm Weight 4.84kg
Events
Description (Physical description)
Small plaster cast in a wooden frame of a stone carving of an animal.
Event Date 25/7/2001
Author: maa
Context (Amendments / updates)
Previously stated as 'Americas; ?South America' but it is likely that this casts comes from the Maudslay Collection and therefore, the Place field has been updated. Previously the Source field had been left blank. However due to all other Maya plaster casts in the Museum coming from Alfred P. Maudslay, this association has led us to believe that the source of this cast should also be assigned to him.
Event Date 5/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Description (Physical description)
A plaster cast of a Maya relief on the lower section of Yaxchilan Stela 7, depicting a deer (Chij) with a possible water sign (Ha') below, representing a mythical toponym: Chij Ha', or Deer Water. It is the left piece of a pair, along with a rat (Ch'o).
Event Date 5/7/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
Context (Analysis)
This plaster cast was seen by Elisabeth Wagner and Sven Gronemeyer on 29th July 2016 who believed that is could be a cast taken from the base of Stela 7 at Yaxchilan. It would have been seen in a pair on the base, the other one being of a rat. See TEMP.00267.
Event Date 3/8/2016
Author: Eleanor Wilkinson
FM:145764
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