Mayas, el lenguaje de la belleza
Exposición itinerante del INAH, México. Informaciones y foto tour por la presentación en Berlín, 2016.
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Incensario
Clásico Tardío, 600-900 D.C.
Comitán, Chiapas
Arcilla
INAH. Museo Regional de Chiapas, Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas
The lower part of the censer depicts the head of an underworld animal, perhaps a bat. Above it, a young ruler emerges from the jaws of a serpent. He wears ear ornaments, a headdress with several curved pikes, a pectoral flanked on the side by jawless serpent heads, and holds a ceremonial scepter in each hand. The upper part of the censer consists of a seated figure who resembles the lower figure, with sandals, a nose ring, and a band around his eyes that curls over the brow. He represents the Jaguar God of the Underworld. This suggests that the sculpture depicts the transformation of the ruler into a god, the Lord of the Underworld.
© Foto: Haupt & Binder
Exposición itinerante del INAH, México. Informaciones y foto tour por la presentación en Berlín, 2016.