Object Number: Ea8220b

Collection: World Cultures

Object Name: watercolour

Description: Watercolour copy of the stucco facade of the temple on the pyramid at Acanceh. Full scale. Corner motifs: large bird at each corner, facing outwards. Breast feathers made with limestone flakes set in stucco, the rest of the bird in painted stucco. May be eagles, or mythical birds. This piece fits on to the right of Ea8220a and shows the elaborate wing of a bird. Painted in blue, green, red, brown and yellow. Underneath is a further area of red and to the left of the red is part of the claw which continues on from a. Transparent and opaque watercolour and graphite on thin, cream, machine-made wove paper