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Pre-Columbian Maya Potbellied Figure of a Monkey browse these categories for related items... Directory: Archives:Regional Art:Americas:Pre Columbian: Pre AD 1000: Item # 638716
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Monkeys are prominent in Maya art and folklore. For example, the creation myth, the Popul Vuh, describes several failed attempts of the creator gods to create humans from various materials. After the creator gods failed to form people out of mud, they tried making them of wood, but the behavior of these "humans" was so inappropriate that the gods changed them into monkeys as punishment.
Monkeys, however, were also portrayed as scribes, artists, sculptors, musicians, and patrons of the arts. They were also well-known for an intense love of cacao, and monkeys are common motifs on cylinder vessels used by the Maya to drink chocolate drinks! Formerly in the collection of the conductor and music historian Newell Jenkins, founder of the Clarion Music Society. AGE: Classic Period Mexico, ca. 250-900 A.D. CONDITION: A whimsical little figure, in good shape. Might have been an attachment or effigy -- it has a hole in the base and was probably mounted on a post at some point. DIMENSIONS: 2.3" tall (5.84 cm) |
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