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Mayan art pertaining to tobacco in 6 pen and water color drawings
- Title
- Mayan art pertaining to tobacco [graphic] : in 6 pen and water color drawings / by Ariel Baynes.
- Author
- Baynes, Ariel.
- Publication
- [1939]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Still image | Restricted use | Arents 3259-A | Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328 |
Details
- Description
- 6 drawings : pen, watercolor; 21 x 29 cm. on sheet 38 x 51 cm. +
- Alternative Title
- Mayas had tobacco.
- Subjects
- Note
- Title from Arents.
- Accompanied by typescript ([12] leaves) "The Mayas had tobacco," describing the iconography and sources for each image.
- Contents note from Arents.
- Access (note)
- Restricted access;
- Indexed In (note)
- Arents, G. Tobacco, 3259-A.
- Contents
- 1. Glyphs of day signs of the Mayan month, surrounding the great mother plant; the tobacco leaf, a cigar, etc., appear as details -- 2. The growing and curing of tobacco -- 3. Ritual of tobacco-smoking as a preliminary to trance and soothsaying -- 4. 3 royal figures and 3 god-impersonators smoking cigars -- 5. 2 figures (man and woman) with pipes, and a priest with a smoking stick -- 6. God-impersonator with pipe and dress symbolical of tobacco smoke dances before a queen holding a ceremonial smoking-pipe.
- Call Number
- Arents 3259-A
- OCLC
- NYPG97-F149
- Author
- Baynes, Ariel.
- Title
- Mayan art pertaining to tobacco [graphic] : in 6 pen and water color drawings / by Ariel Baynes.
- Imprint
- [1939]
- Indexed In:
- Arents, G. Tobacco, 3259-A.
- Restricted Access
- Restricted access; Arents Collection; Permit must be requested at the division indicated.
- Connect to:
- Research Call Number
- Arents 3259-A