Lo Scettro di profilo con le figure. Cultura: Maya. Dimensioni: H. 13 5/8 x W. 7 1/2 x D. 5/8 in. (34,6 x 19,1 x 1,6 cm). Data: 7th-8secolo. Artisti trasformato selce, un materiale abbondante in Maya Lowlands, in Royal Regalia. Rappresentazioni di queste lame vengono visualizzati in sculture monumentali, dove i righelli tenerli montato come scepters o lance cerimoniali. Le composizioni qui dispongono di più teste di profilo con fronte inclinato ed elaborati copricapi; i distinti risalti frontali rappresentano probabilmente un "fumare celt,' il segno distintivo di K'awiil, il Maya dio del fulmine. Sia il scepte
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Scepter with Profile Figures. Culture: Maya. Dimensions: H. 13 5/8 x W. 7 1/2 x D. 5/8 in. (34.6 x 19.1 x 1.6 cm). Date: 7th-8th century. Artists transformed flint, a material abundant in the Maya Lowlands, into royal regalia. Representations of these blades appear in monumental sculptures, where rulers hold them mounted as scepters or ceremonial spears. The compositions here feature multiple profile heads with sloping foreheads and elaborate headdresses; the distinct frontal projections probably represent a "smoking celt, " the hallmark of K'awiil, the Maya God of Lightning. Both the scepters and K'awiil's repeated faces may symbolize the multiple branches of lightning. Los artistas transformaban el pedernal, un material que abunda en las tierras bajas mayas, en ropajes reales. Se pueden observar representaciones de estos sílex en esculturas monumentales en las que los gobernantes los llevan como cetros o lanzas ceremoniales. Las obras aquí presentes muestran múltiples caras de perfil con frentes inclinadas y elaborados tocados. Las singulares proyecciones frontales probablemente representen un "hacha humeante" el sello distintivo de K'awiil, dios maya del trueno y del relámpago. Ambos cetros y las repetidas caras de K'awiil simbolizan las múltiples bifurcaciones de los rayos. Further information Maya artists skillfully chipped flint, a fragile and challenging medium, into imaginative multifigure and geometric shapes. The worked flints are frequently found as offerings in Maya tombs. This eccentric flint depicts, in profile, two figures wearing headdresses. The larger of the two sits on a small short-backed stool and the smaller extends out from his back, as if being carried. Each silhouette displays the sloping forehead modification practiced by Maya peoples of the time and each has puckered lips. The undecorated base of this flint would have enabled it to be bound to a staff or it may have served as a handle allowing the object to function as a scepter,
