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Title: Ancient civilizations of Mexico and Central America
Identifier: anc03spin (find matches)
Year: 1943 (1940s)
Authors: Spinden, Herbert Joseph, 1879-1967
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Indians of Central America
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: IMLS / LSTA / METRO

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Plate XX. (a) Top of Stela 1 at Yaxchilan, dealing with the Heavens. The Sky God is seen in the center with the moon at the left and the sun at the right. Below these is the Two- Headed Drngon bearing pin net signs nnd additionnl hends of the Sky Goil; (h) Analogous Detail of Stela 4, Yaxchilan. The moon is nt the right nnd the sun at the left. The figure in the sun is male and that in the moon, female. The fnces of the Sky God hang from the lower part of the Two-Headed Dragon, being at- tached to it by symbols of the planet Venus. 102

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Handbook Series no.3
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  • bookid:anc03spin
  • bookyear:1943
  • bookdecade:1940
  • bookcentury:1900
  • bookauthor:Spinden_Herbert_Joseph_1879_1967
  • booksubject:Indians_of_Mexico
  • booksubject:Indians_of_Central_America
  • bookpublisher:New_York_American_Museum_of_Natural_History
  • bookcontributor:American_Museum_of_Natural_History_Library
  • booksponsor:IMLS_LSTA_METRO
  • bookleafnumber:110
  • bookcollection:americanmuseumnaturalhistory
  • bookcollection:biodiversity
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