. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 88 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA left and Kan and Caban on the right. The second example presents a god before an altar. This god has the face of an old man and his body is attached to a spiral shell. This divinity was probably asso- ciated with the end of the year. In the next illustration an engraved design on a bowl from northern Yucatan is given. A jaguar. Fig. 25. Mayan Basket represented in Stone Sculpture. attired in the dress of man is seated in a wreath of water lilies. After the vessel
. Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America. Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America. 88 MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA left and Kan and Caban on the right. The second example presents a god before an altar. This god has the face of an old man and his body is attached to a spiral shell. This divinity was probably asso- ciated with the end of the year. In the next illustration an engraved design on a bowl from northern Yucatan is given. A jaguar. Fig. 25. Mayan Basket represented in Stone Sculpture. attired in the dress of man is seated in a wreath of water lilies. After the vessel had been formed, but before it had been fired, this design was made by cutting away the background and incising finer details on the original surfaces. Other designs in relief were obtained by direct modeling or by stamping. The stamps were moulds or negatives made from bas-relief patterns. The textile arts of the ancient Mayas can be re- covered in part from a study of the monuments since the designs on many garments are reproduced in delicate relief. The designs are mostly all-over geometric patterns, but borders reproducing the typical "celestial band," a line of astronomical symbols, are also seen. The techniques of brocade and lace were understood by the ancient weavers. In the minor textile art of basketry the products must also have ranked high; a typical basket pic- tured on a lintel is given in Fig. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967. New York : American Museum of Natural History
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