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Object Number 2004.29.7563
Display Title Top portion of Stela VII - Quetzalcoatl head and headdress
Descriptions
Object Description Written on board: Guatemala / Piedras Negras / Stela VII / Front Quetzalcoatl / T. Maler / (verso) T. Maker writes: Quetzalcoatl (Ketsalkoatl) El alto relieve del lado frontal El cutis (cara, brazos, piernas) de la figura principal y de la menor es colorado (feuerrot) La boca de la culebra colorado. El ornato de estrellas circulares (cascabelitos) es azul etc. [el bajo-relieve del lado posterior esta destruido] Ambos lados angostos de la estela tienen doble fila de inscription. [Translation: The hihg-relief of the front side - The skin (face, arms, legs) of the main figure and the smaller is red (feuerrot). The mouth of the snake, red. The ornament of circular stars (little bells) is blue etc. [The bas-relief on the back side is destroyed] Both narrow sides of the stela have double rows of inscriptions.]
Department Photographic
Artist Teobert Maler
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America / Guatemala / Peten / <County> / <City> / Piedras Negras
Intrasite Stela 34
Dimensions Overall: 15.875 × 13.0175 cm (6 1/4 × 5 1/8 in.)

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