Identifier: mexicancentralam28bowd (find matches)
Title: Mexican and Central American antiquities, calendar systems, and history;
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Bowditch, Charles P(ickering), 1842- (from old catalog) ed Seler, Eduard, 1849-1922 Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm, 1822-1906 Schellhas, Paul, 1859- (from old catalog) Sapper, Karl Theodor, 1866- (from old catalog) Dieseldorff, Erwin P. (from old catalog) Wesselhoeft, Selma, (from old catalog) tr Parker, Alberta M., (from old catalog) tr Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Maya calendar Calendar
Publisher: Washington, Gov't print. off.
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DESIGN ON A VASE FROM CHAMA A CLAY VESSEL WITH A PICTURE OF A YAMPIRE-HEADED DEITY - By E. P. Dieseldorff The accompanying drawing of the vampire god (plate xlix) occurson a clay vessel which I found buried with a dead person on the sum-mit of a temple mound in Chama, together with urn 2, discussed inVerhandlungen, 1893, page 549, where I described the spot where itwas found. The pot is cylindric in form, about 55 centimeters in circumfer-ence, measured around the outer edge, and 15 centimeters in height.It was broken into many pieces, and the polish and painting aregreatly damaged. It is to be noted that reddish black, droplikespots occur all over the pot, as if some resinous fluid had been sprin-kled over it with a brush. I have also observed similar spots on potsfrom the Zacapa region. In order to form a characteristic image of the vampire god we mustdirect our attention to his dress and to similar representations onthe monuments of ancient Maya civilization. The first thing that s

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