chacmool
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)
- (archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.