Schele, Linda, and Peter Mathews. 1998. The Code of Kings: The Language of Seven Sacred Maya Temples and Tombs.New York: Scribner: 8:122, Fig. 3:27
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Rollout drawing by Nikolai Grube of vessel K6547. On one side of the vessel a dead man, wrapped in a burial bundle, lies on a bench in his grave while mourners, dressed as the Maize God, lament his death. On the other side the dead man, now reduced to bones, has been reborn as a cacao tree sprouting from the grave.
Notes or Gallery Text
Original drawing by Nikolai Grube and copied by MVS; illustrated in Lords of Creation, find page number
