Watch maize gods dance around a painted vessel.
Aj Maxam’s vessel repeats an image of a ruler dressed as the maize god. The dancing figures connect royal performance with Maya ideas about maize, human origins, death, and renewed life.
Source: Art Institute of Chicago
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Digital image courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago. Ethel T. Scarborough Fund; public CC0 mirror at Artheon Museum.
Creator: Aj Maxam (Maya) Vicinity of Naranjo, Petén region, Guatemala
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