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Stela A, Quirigua, 1883 (platinum print)

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PRM479397
Image title
Stela A, Quirigua, 1883 (platinum print)
Artist
Maudslay, Alfred Percival (1850-1931) / British
Location
Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford, UK
Medium
platinum print
Date
1883 AD (C19th AD)
Image description

View of a large stone carving at the ancient Maya site of Quirigua located near the banks of the Motagua river in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The photograph shows the south face of a carved stone stela known by archaeologists as Stela A, as it was first described by Alfred Maudslay in his seminal publication of the Quirigua site in his multi–volume Archaeology (1889–1902): 'This monument faces south and stands in line with the stelae C and D in front of the mound which forms the northern boundary of the Great Plaza. Owing to the decayed condition of the stone, the design on the pedestal which supports the figure is somewhat obscure both on the front and on the back of the monument; but in each case parts of the profile of a grotesque mask can be traced.' More recent scholarship dates the stela (also known as Monument 1) to 9.17.5.0.0 (Maya calendar), or A.D. 775 in the standard Western (Gregorian) calendar. The monument was created during the later part of the sixty–year reign of K'ak' Tiliw Chan Yopaat and marked the close of an era in the Maya calendar. It was one of a number of stelae and zoomorphs erected at Quirigua as part of a complex building programme which took place at the height of the city–state's power during the Late Classic period, and whose primary aim was to legitimate and reinforce the power of the ruler.

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© Pitt Rivers Museum / Bridgeman Images
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Central America / America (continent) / carving / grotesque / mask / central america / archeology / stela a / sculpture / monument / pre-colombian / artefact / stelae / stone / photography / monument 1 / mesoamerican / patterns / central american / photograph / pre-columbian / archeological / sculptural / stela / stele / mayan / izabal / quirigua / guatemala / maya
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