September 2021

Chac Mool installation

Plaster statue of reclining figure
Mayan Chac Mool, 92-50-20/C1099 


This plaster cast is a model of a Chac Mool statue originally found at the Post-Classic Maya site of Chichen Itza in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Along with approximately one thousand other casts in the collection, this one was created in the late 19th century and was on display at the museum until the mid-1980s.... Read more about Chac Mool installation