Yaxchilan, Lintel 25 (YAX: Lnt. 25)

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Maya Artefact
Bemerkung: Original metadata from the BM: Am1923,Maud.5; The Yaxchilan Lintels; Lintel 25: Carved limestone lintel, showing Lady K'ab'al Xook on the bottom right of the panel. Lady Xook is in the hallucinatory stage of the bloodletting ritual. She conjures before her a vision of a Teotihuacan serpent; 725 (Gallery label) 760; Excavated/Findspot: Yaxchilán, Structure 23; limestone; carved; Height: 121 centimetres, Width: 85.5 centimetres, Depth: 13.5 centimetres, Weight: 231 kilograms; "Structure 23 has particular significance since this was the first building to be constructed after a gap of 150 years in the dynastic history of Yaxchilan. It seems that the series of lintels was intended to convey a special message of the re-foundation of the site. Shield Jaguar's building programme throughout the city may have been an attempt to reinforce his lineage and his right to rulership.Lintel 25. One of a series of three panels from Structure 23 at Yaxchilan originally set above the central doorway. The building is dedicated to Shield Jaguar II's wife, Lady K'ab'al Xook, shown on the bottom right of the panel, conjuring a vision of a Teotihuacan serpent. Some scholars suggest that the serpent on this lintel, and elsewhere, are depictions of an ancestral spirit or founder of the kingdom. The identity of the figure coming out of the serpent's jaws is ambiguous. The inscription names the protagonist as Shield Jaguar II. The ritual is conducted to commemorate the accession of Shield Jaguar II to the throne. The inscription is reversed, as if to be read in a mirror. This is not common and its true significance is not known."; Location: On display: G27; Exhibited: 1990 20 Oct-9 Dec, Japan, Tokyo, Setagaya Art Museum, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.184; 1991 5 Jan-20 Feb, Japan, Yamaguchi, Prefectural Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.184; 1991 9 Mar-7 May, Japan, Osaka, National Museum of Art, Treasures of the British Museum, cat. no.184; 2010 27 March - 18 July, Salem, Peabody Essex Museum, 'Fiery Pool, The Maya and the Mythic Sea'; 2010 29 August - 2011, 2 January, Texas, Kimbell Art Museum, 'Fiery Pool, The Maya and the Mythic Sea'; 2011 13 February - 18 May, Saint Louis Art Museum, 'Fiery Pool, The Maya and the Mythic Sea'; Representation of: Lady K'ab'al Xook; Previous owner/ex-collection: Alfred Percival Maudslay, transferred from: Victoria and Albert Museum; Acquisition date: 1923; Africa, Oceania & the Americas; Registration number: Am1923,Maud.5; Additional IDs: 1886 316 (South Kensington Museum No. (Now V&A)); AOA Ethno 1886-316 (Compass number)

Object Details

• Location: Maya Image Archive: Projekt "Textdatenbank und Wörterbuch des Klassischen Maya"; Universität Bonn - Abteilung für Altamerikanistik
• Inventory number: Am1923,Maud.5
• Material/Technique: Limestone

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Archäologie ; Maya Kultur

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Fund
• (where): Yaxchilan (Archaeological Site)
• (description): Provenienz

Further information

• Last update: 05.03.2025, 4:09 PM CET