 Preclassic clay figurine of a woman from the Costa Sur area, inland from the
PacificOcean,
Guatemala, Museo Popol Vuh, Universidad Francisco Marroquin.
Females
are often depicted as three-dimensional clay effigy figurines
during the Preclassic period.
The
study of iconography is a crucial aspect of Mayan art history
and archaeology. Thus it helps to have photographs of professional
quality.
Both
of these photographs were taken with a large format Dicomed Field
Pro 4x5 digital scanning camera adapted by Better Light. The detail
from the Maya vase is taken from a rollout by Nicholas Hellmuth. |
Naked
woman assisting the resurrection of the Maize God in the form
of an idealized eternally youthful male.
