ARCHITECTURE, RESTORATION, AND IMAGING OF THE MAYA CITIES OF UXMAL, KABAH, SAYIL, AND LABNÁ
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Phallic Stela

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Modern thatched shelter to protect stela; figure is unlike any other in Puuc region.
Jan. 2001
Phallic Stela as now propped up: symmetrical, frontal figure, with legs bent to sides and abnormally large phallus.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
1930. Phallic Stela on back on ground, probably as found.
Photograph by Dan Leyrer as member of the Blom/Tulane expedition, 1930. Scanned from 35mm slide of the original photograph. Reproduced with permission of the Middle American Research Institute (MARI), Tulane University.
Head and upper body, profile view.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
Head and upper body, frontal view.
Jan. 2001 (flash)
Lower body with bent legs, feet facing to sides, and abnormally large phallus.
Jan. 2001 (flash)

 
 
 

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