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Precolumbian
Teotihuacan-Maya pantheon of Tiquisate
Introduction to the 5th century pantheon of the
Tiquisate area of Escuintla, Guatemala, a period of Teotihuacan influence.
Iconography of the Tiquisate Trinity, three native deities.
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Direct digital rollout
of one panel of a giant cylindrical tripod, A.D.400-550, Tiquisate
culture, Escuintla, Guatemala.
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this image, please be sure to credit the Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad
Francisco Marroquin, and the photographer (Nicholas Hellmuth),
FLAAR Photo Archive, as well as link to this source.
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Curly Face is a local Tiquisate, Guatemalan deity, and is not known at Teotihuacan.
Curly Face and the Tiquisate
Trinity are described in the new book on the iconography of
Guatemalan pottery by Nicholas Hellmuth (in final stages of preparation).
More of the rollout of this cylindrical tripod, click
here.Curly Face is also found
in Peten, Kaminaljuyu, Monte Alban, and as far away as Yucatan
and even Veracruz, Mexico. This character was reverred primarily
during the 5th through 6th centuries A.D. though his origins were
centuries earlier, possibly in Highland Guatemala.
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photographs on this web site are copyright, but non-profit
web sites may request permission to borrow some images if credit
and a link are provided.
Pantheon gateway, deities and goddesses of ancient
Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, and Honduras
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