. Guide leaflet. •iiorsEOF liii: XTXS. AT UXMAL,YUCATAN, MEXICOLate Maya period. De-tail of the inner the of the superim-Pdsed serpent religious symbol-ism has all but ob-scured the direct visualimage, but there iscomplete mastery ofdesign. After Holmt^?:. ioir> CKXTKAL VERACRrZSCrLPTUKE In this carving of awild turkey, the re-(luirements of designare met. although thel)resentation is natural-istic. To represent irmore dramatically, thefigure is shown has-upward :m\. TEMPLE OF THE CHACMOOL, CHICHEX ITZA, YUCATAN Period of Mexican in-fluence. Thes
. Guide leaflet. •iiorsEOF liii: XTXS. AT UXMAL,YUCATAN, MEXICOLate Maya period. De-tail of the inner the of the superim-Pdsed serpent religious symbol-ism has all but ob-scured the direct visualimage, but there iscomplete mastery ofdesign. After Holmt^?:. ioir> CKXTKAL VERACRrZSCrLPTUKE In this carving of awild turkey, the re-(luirements of designare met. although thel)resentation is natural-istic. To represent irmore dramatically, thefigure is shown has-upward :m\. TEMPLE OF THE CHACMOOL, CHICHEX ITZA, YUCATAN Period of Mexican in-fluence. These pilasterfigures represent a stagemidway between thecomplete religious sym-bolism (page 36, up-per) of the late Mayaand the more natural-istic treatment of theXahua peoples. AfterMorris. Chariot, andMorris, 1931 CLAY TIGER FROMOAXACA. .AIEXICOZapotec culture. Atiger god is representedby this clay figui-e. Theattributes of divinitydetract little from thelively realism of thefigure proper which hasbeen humanized to somt^extent
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