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Image Not Available for Popol Vuh: the creation myth of the Maya, 16 mm film
Popol Vuh: the creation myth of the Maya, 16 mm film
Image Not Available for Popol Vuh: the creation myth of the Maya, 16 mm film
Object Number 988-6-00/1.1
Display Title Popol Vuh: the creation myth of the Maya, 16 mm film
Descriptions
Object Description Completed film with credits. Narrated animation with some photographs of Mayan pottery and stone carving interspliced in the animation. Animations elegantly drawn and colored, style likely based off of Mayan art. Characters in the story assume voices sometimes. Intended as educational film about the Mayan creation story for an audience of children or adults. sound, 33 min.
Department Photographic
Date 1986
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
Materials Film
Quantity 1

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