Maya Priests

Mayan priests often sat on jaguar seats

Seated Priest, Ceramic Efficy Whistle
Maya Culture, Jaina, Campeche, Mexico
Late Classic Period: ca. A.D. 600 - 900

A priest is seated on a Jaguar in a doorway. The doorway is topped by a face representing Tlaloc, the Rain God. Select this text to return to the jaguar page.


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Seated Priest, NHMLAC Anthropology Collection, col. no. FA 13.73-1639. Currently on display in the pre-Columbian Hall, NHMLAC. Photograph by Jim Angus © Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation

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