Figure of a Standing Warrior
Maya (Campeche or Yucatán, Mexico)
650–800
- Medium
- Ceramic with pigment
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Dimensions
- H.: 31.1 cm (12 1/4 in.)
- Culture
- Yucatan Peninsula
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago, Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- African and Amerindian Art Purchase Fund, Edward E. Ayer Endowment in memory of Charles L. Hutchinson
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
View at the Art Institute of Chicago
About this work
The costume and equipment of this figure indicate that he represents a warrior. He carries a rectangular shield and a long wooden spear (now lost), and the detailed attention given to the intricate headdress and facial features—marked by scarification, tattoos, and paint—suggests the portrait of a specific military commander.
Description © Art Institute of Chicago, CC BY 4.0
