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1843. "General Plan of the Ruins of Kabah" (Building of the Red Hands is at lower-left, designated as "Casa from which the Sculptured Beams were taken").
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, facing p. 384); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42
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1843. "Kabah, Carved Beam of Sapote Wood. / F. Catherwood., A Jones Sc." (Building of the Red Hands, lintel removed from doorway, shown here propped on end, beside a different doorway, to assist drawing).
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, facing p. 405); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42
on-site drawing. |
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1843. Kabah, structure near Building of the Red Hands; stucco ornament on end wall of interior room, "painted, the colours being still bright and vivid".
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, p. 410); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42
on-site drawing. |
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2002. This photo and photo below show 2 carved stone doorjambs from an "unpretentious building" near the Building of the Red Hands, Kabah. Both doorjambs were removed by Stephens and Catherwood in 1841 and are now in the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.
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1843. "Kabah, Figure on jamb of Doorway. / F. Catherwood., A Jones"; from an "unpretentious building" near Building of the Red Hands.
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, facing p. 412); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42
on-site drawing. |
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Detail of doorjamb in photo at far left. Compared with other Maya sculpture, the 2 standing kings are uncharacteristically slender.
April 2002 (flash) |
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2002. In each of these 2 doorjambs, a king, with magnificently elaborate, plumed headdress, stands above a kneeling, conquered chief. What may appear to be long, pointed noses on the standing figures are instead nose plugs.
April 2002 (flash)
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1843. "Kabah, Figure on jamb of Doorway. / F. Catherwood., A Jones"; from an "unpretentious building" near Building of the Red Hands.
Scanned from Stephens and Catherwood, Incidents of Travel
in Yucatan, 1843 (Vol. I, p. 405); closely based on Frederick Catherwood’s 1841-42
on-site drawing. |
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Detail of doorjamb in photo at far left; the kneeling figure holds up a battle-ax of 4 stone knives set into a club.
April 2002 (flash) |
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1844. “General View of Kabah”. Doorjamb(s) from building near Building of the Red Hands, Kabah, being carried down a hill to the center of Kabah by local laborers, supervised by Stephens, who carries a gun."
Chromolithograph in Frederick Catherwood, Views of Ancient Monuments in Central America, Chiapas, and Yucatan, 1844 (Pl. XVI). Based on Catherwood’s 1839-42 on-site drawing. This image scanned from a 35mm slide taken from a copy in the AMNH (RF-13-K). Reproduced Courtesy of The Library, Special Collections, American Museum of Natural History.
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