Mayas, el lenguaje de la belleza
Exposición itinerante del INAH, México. Informaciones y foto tour por la presentación en Berlín, 2016.
Para la mejor vista de nuestra página web, use su dispositivo en forma horizontal.
K’inich Janahb’ Pakal de niño
y
K’inich Janahb’ Pakal
Clásico Tardío (600 - 900 D.C.)
Palenque, Chiapas
Estuco
INAH. Museo Nacional de Antropología, México, D.F.
The Divine Ruler
These two depictions of K’inich Janaab’ Pakal, the great ruler of Palenque, were found inside his burial chamber. The larger statue shows finely carved facial features and a pronounced deformation of the head. Due to the stepped haircut on the forehead - with a shaved place in the middle - and the hair that hangs down from the top like corn husks, it is assumed that this is an allusion to Bolon Mayel, the Maize God.
In the case of the other statue, it is believed that it depicts K’inich Janaab’ Pakal as a child and symbolizes his reincarnation as Unen K’awiil - Baby K’awiil - , god of lightning, of thunder, of agriculture and of the sceptre of the royal family.
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
Exposición itinerante del INAH, México. Informaciones y foto tour por la presentación en Berlín, 2016.