Copan
More carvings, statues and stellas (and two writeups) from within
the main building at Copan

     
           
   
A small winged carving. Note
the small arms with triple
lower extremeties, and the
fanged teeth in the mouth

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34. A Ballcourt facace
reconstruction

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of this stella, click here.


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A mostly
reconstructed relief

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Some sort of large nosed bird?


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The 12th ruler,
"Smoke Jaguar"

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of this stella, click here.


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Some large girth,
mostly reconstructed

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What might be the symbolism
of the bird eating something
atop the head of this Mayan
god?


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A closeup of the bird. It must be
mostly reconstructed, the detail
of the face is excellent.

However, the fact that the beak has
an obvious break in it either
suggests that much of it is
origingal or some clumsy oaf
dropped the new carving


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Skulls and bones
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Close up of a skull and bones.

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