Head of a Royal Woman, possibly Lady K'abal Xook of Yaxchilan

A.D. 600–900

On view, 1st floor, Art of the Ancient Americas

Medium: Stucco with traces of pigment
Dimensions: 25.4 × 25.4 × 6.93 cm (10 × 10 × 2 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr., Class of 1913, Fund
Accession Number: 2016.56.1
Geography: Guatemala, or Mexico
Culture: Guatemala or Mexico, Maya
Period: Late Classic Period
Classification: Sculpture
Disclaimer: Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance

Acquired by inheritance from Mother in law, 1971.
On view at the John Stokes Gallery, 507 Midland Avenue, Upper Nyack, NY Oct. 25, 1971

Bibliography

"Acquisitions July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/bulletin/Pub-Bull-acquisitions-2017.pdf (accessed December 1, 2017).

"Acquisitions July 1, 2015–June 30, 2016," https://artgallery.yale.edu/sites/default/files/files/Pub_Bull_acquisitions_2016.pdf (accessed December 1, 2016).

"Latin American Studies: Index of Maya," http://latinamericanstudies.org/maya/lintel-26-yaxchilan.jpg (accessed 11/16/2015).

"Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology: Corpus of Maya Hieroglyphic Inscriptions," https://www.peabody.harvard.edu/cmhi/detail.php?num=12&site=Yaxchilan&type=Lintel
(accessed 11/30/2015).

Linda Schele and Mary E. Miller, The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art (Fort Worth, Tex.: Kimbell Art Museum, 1986), 198–99, fig. Plate 62–63.

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Object/Work type

human figures (visual works)

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