chacmool

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English

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Maya chacmool from Chichén Itzá.
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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)

  1. (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.

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