CRUCIFIX 1700s MAYAN WOODEN SANTOS JESUS ON THE CROSS

WELL HUNG - ART & COLLECTABLES

A MAYAN EXPERIENCE

MAYAN HAND   CARVED AND PAINTED WOODEN

17OO's TO EARLY 1800's

SANTOS  -  SAINT 

THE CRUCIFIX

JESUS ON THE CROSS

A VERY EARLY VINTAGE COLONIAL MAYAN CARVING

FROM A CHURCH IN THE HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA THAT WAS DESTROYED BY A EARTHQUAKE AND REBUILT IN THE EARLY 1900'S

A VERY RARE FIND FOR ANY COLLECTOR

CARVED BY A MAYA MASTER CARVER

THE CROSS ON WHICH THE SANTOS IS MOUNTED DATES TO THE LATE 1800'S TO EARLY 1900'S

SANTOS

SANTOS ARE HAND CARVED AND PAINTED

WOODEN ALTER PIECES

THE MAYA INDIANS FROM THE GUATEMALA HIGHLANDS CARVE EACH PIECE FROM SOLID WOOD. THE CARVING OF THESE FIGURES FOR CHURCHES HAS DECLINED AFTER THE COLONIAL PERIOD. BUT IN MAYAN HOMES FIGURES OF SAINTS FOUND THEIR INTO HOUSEHOLD SHRINES - REPLACING THE STUCCOED SKULLS OF ANCESTORS THAT HELD PLACES OF HONOR BEFORE THE CONQUEST. SMALL FIGURES OF SAINTS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS FIGURES ARE HIGHLY PRIZED BY THE MAYA AND COLLECTORS

EACH SANTOS IS UNIQUE AND NO TWO ARE EXACTLY THE SAME.  THESE PIECES ARE IDOLIZED AS PRAYER IMAGES - SAINTLY ICONS - FERTILITY OFFERINGS AND ARE EVEN BELIEVED TO POSSESS SUPERNATURAL POWERS

THE SANTOS ARE ONE OF THE WORLDS OLDEST TRADTIONS OF RELIGIOUS DEVOTION. THE MAYA HAVE BLENDED THEIR ANCIENT BELIEFS ALONG WITH THEIR NEW FOUND RELIGION. THE SANTOS MERE PRESENCE SUGGESTS GOODNESS - COMPASSION AND LOVE

FROM THE HIGHLANDS VILLAGE OF HUEHUETENANGO 

IN THE GUATEMALAN DEPARTMENT OF HUEHUETENANGO

BY THE MAYAN INDIANS TRIBE  MAM

MAYA

THE BEST KNOWN OF THE PRE-CONQUEST INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PRESENT CENTRAL AMERICAN AREA ARE THE MAYA. THOUGHT TO HAVE EVOLVED IN A PERIOD IN THE PACIFIC HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR BETWEEN 1500 BC  AND  100 AD. THE MAYA CIVILIZATION WAS BASED ON INDEPENDENT AND ANTAGONISTIC CITY STATES. FAR FROM BEING THE PEACEFUL CEREMONIAL CENTRES, THEY WERE WARRING ADVERSARIES, STRIVING TO CAPTURE VICTIMS FOR SACRIFICE. ROYAL BLOOD BEING THE MOST PRECIOUS OFFERING THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE GODS

ALONGSIDE THE PREOCCUPATION WITH BLOOD WAS AN ARTISTIC TRADITION RICH IN CEREMONY, FOLKLORE AND DANCE.  THEIR TOOLS AND WEAPONS WERE FLINT AND HARD STONE , OBSIDIAN AND FIRE-HARDENED WOOD

THE ANCIENT MAYA MADE EXQUISITE POTTERY - CARVINGS AND MASKS FROM CLAY, STONE, WOOD, GOLD JADE, OBSIDIAN AND SHELL

MAYAN ARTISANS KEEPING THERE CULTURE AND HISTORY ALIVE

SIZE

THE CROSS

16 "  WIDE

23 1/4 "  LENGTH

 THE SANTOS

7 "  X   9 "

IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION

PLEASE SEE PICTURES

STILL HAS THE ORIGINAL PAINT - NAILS AND METAL CROWN

AGED AND WEATHER WORN FROM 100'S OF YEARS OF USE

AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF A VERY OLD MAYA SANTOS

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