Plaster Relief, Cast

National Museum of Natural History

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LARGE PLASTER CAST OF WALL FRIEZE DEPICTING AN OFFERING BEING MADE TO MAYAN GOD-KING.
Resembles stone Oval Palace Tablet from Palace, House E, at Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico showing K'inich Janaab Pakal (a.k.a. Pacal) receiving the crown from his mother, Ix Sak K'uk, on the day he assumed the kingship in 615 CE. This may be # A61966. See Smithsonian Institution Archives negative # 2513/MNH-2513, which is a circa 1880's photo which is probably A61966, and appears to match AT5854; https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_388163 .
Record Last Modified
31 Jul 2020
Specimen Count
1
Culture
Maya
Accession Date
1991
Accession Number
999999
USNM Number
AT5854-0
Object Type
Cast
Place
Palenque, Chiapas, Mexico, North America
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NMNH - Anthropology Dept.
Topic
Archaeology
Record ID
nmnhanthropology_8326179
Metadata Usage (text)
CC0
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3cb37099c-50b9-4b7a-8dfa-e384cdd156ae
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