1431703

Mayan Rubbing -Vintage Stela Art on Cloth #1431703

Currency:USD Category:Antiques / Other Start Price:600.00 USD Estimated At:0.00 USD
Mayan Rubbing -Vintage Stela  Art on Cloth #1431703
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Hard to Find Vintage Rubbing from Palenque Mexico</em></td>
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Description
Mayan Rubbing of Sculpture on Cloth from Palenque Mexico - Temple of Cross.

This is an auction for a vintage Mayan Rubbing off a stela (stelae pl.) stone panel carving. This rubbing is on a light cream colored woven cloth with a brown paint/stain on the cloth. There is a signature of G Frost on the lower right corner. The location of the exact rubbing has been verified by Mayan rubbing expert Dr. Merle Greene Robertson. She states it is the from the East Jamb of the Temple of the Cross in Palenque in Chiapas region of Mexico. She has been involved with the PARI Institute at Tulane in New Orleans and completed many rubbings in Mexico in the 1960?s.

This rubbing was bought in Mexico by a Mayan art collector in the early 1960?s He bought it at the temple itself and had it framed in the US. This is an estate item, the family is selling the rubbing.

This rubbing portrays a man or possibly a woman, facing to the left, smoking a pipe. There is also a pipe on the ground behind him. He has a large decorative headdress with an animal head, possibly a bird with feathers. He is decorated with other natural decorations on his body and arms and legs. The Mayan did smoke tobacco and a variety of other spices for social and medicinal reasons.

The cloth rubbing measures 36? wide X 71? tall. The total size of the piece with frame is 40 ¾? wide X 75 ¾? tall X 2 3/8? deep. There is glass over the piece. It weighs about 50 pounds. The dark brown wood frame is deeply carved. The framed ...
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<tr><td>Condition:Excellent - Vintage</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1960's</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:USA</td></tr>

<tr><td>Height:76.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:2.0</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:41.5</td></tr>
<tr><td>Weight:50</td></tr>
<tr><td>Title:Mayan Rubbing -Vintage Stela Art on Cloth</td></tr>

<tr><td>Materials:Cloth & Stain</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Issaquah, Washington, USA</td></tr>
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