| Object Name: | Death voyage of Maya king carved on bone (Burial 116-Tomb of Ah Kakaw) |
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| Creation Date: | 700-800 AD | |
| Culture: | Maya | |
| Site: | Tikal | |
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| Image source: | National Geographic Magazine | |
| Ruler A (Hassau Kan Kawil) was laid to rest with a treasure throve of jade, pottery and other objects, including eighty-nine carved bones. Four of the bones describe death through the metaphor of a canoe voyage. The scene carved on the bones are among the most refined and elegant in Maya art. Their imagery suggests that the Maya at Tikal equated death with the sinking of a canoe into the watery Underworld. | ||
