Research Catalog

Title

A study in Maya art and history : the mat symbol / by Francis Robicsek : foreword by Michael D. Coe ; photos. by the author and by Steven A. Robicsek.

Author

Robicsek, Francis.

Publication

New York : Museum of the American Indian, Heye Foundation, 1975.

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Details

Description

358 pages : illustrations, map, tables; 26 cm

Alternative Title

Mat symbol

Subject

• Maya art

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Matting in the Maya cultural area -- References to the mat in the Maya calendar -- The mat in Maya hieroglyphic writing -- Maya literary references to the mat as symbol of authority -- Linguistic references to the mat, as symbol of government -- The lords of the mat -- The diffusion of the lordly titles -- The fall of the lords of the mat -- The mat, the seat of the Maya prince -- Mat and thrones -- Mats and jaguars -- Motifs of basketry and matting -- Cords, ropes, bundles and prisoners -- The mat-symbol -- The mat-symbol on Maya monuments -- The mat-symbol in ceramic art -- The mat-symbol on murals and in the codices -- Minor artifacts other than ceramics -- The interpretation of the mat-symbol -- Appendices. 1. The distribution of the mat-symbol ; 2. Pop-hieroglyphs ; 3. Maya ceramic objects included in the study ; 4. Miscellaneous artifacts and murals included in the study ; 5. Maya monuments referred to in the study.

LCCN

75018351

OCLC

• ocm02110436
• 2110436
• SCSB-430648

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library