Biologia Centrali-Americana, or, Contributions to the knowledge of the fauna and flora of Mexico and Central America (1889)
Maudslay, Alfred Percival, 1850-1931, Goodman, J. T, Godman, Frederick Du Cane, 1834-1919, Salvin, Osbert, 1835-1898, Greve, W., lithographer, Griggs, William, 1832-1911, Hunter, Ada, Purkiss, W., lithographer, Shawe, W, Sweet, H. N. (Henry N.) · London : Published for the editors by R.H. Porter ... and Dulau & Co. · leaf 54
s of it remain to us, and the serpents of the sculptures have already passedthrough a stage of exaggeration and conventionalism. Small heads of snakes drawnnaturally may, however, be seen throughout the period of the greatest exaggerationattached as ornaments to the ends of stringa or narrow bands,… … Stone Mask fhom Mexico, now in tee British Museum. /2 36 COPAN. Stela A. (Plates XXV. to XXX., see also Plate IV., a and b.)[Compare Stephenss Central America, vol. i. p. 158.] Height 11 feet 6 inches. Average breadth 3 feet *. This monument (A, Plate I.) stands in the Great Plaza on the north side…
Mayas · Indians of Mexico · Indians of Central America · Inscriptions, Mayan · Maya calendar
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