Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief)
692
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Front Face of a Stela (Free-standing Stone with Relief), 692. Mesoamerica, Guatemala, Department of the Petén, El Perú (also known as Waka'), Maya people (AD 250-900), Classic Period (AD 200-1000). Limestone; overall: 274.4 x 182.3 cm (108 1/16 x 71 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1967.29 The powerful Maya queen shown on this stela is known as Lady K’abel.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- limestone
- Medium
- limestone
- Dimensions
- Overall: 274.4 x 182.3 cm (108 1/16 x 71 3/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1967.29
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review: 1967
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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