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MEXICO CITY (Apro) .- From this Friday, the mask of Calakmul can be admired again in its permanent room of the Museum of Architecture Maya "Baluarte de la Soledad", in the city of Campeche , having presented in four exhibitions between March 2007 and December 2015.
This was reported by the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) in a statement, which highlights that the Exhibition of this archaeological gem will have digital resources with which was presented at the exhibition The mask of Calakmul. Jade Universe at the National Museum of Anthropology in 2015.
The same details as, in the buildings of the archaeological area of Calakmul, "capital of the cuchcabal or territory of the Serpent Head, where l & # 39, one of the most important Mayan lineages of the classical period ", have been found up to now nine funerary masks. The greatest number in the sites of the ancient Mayan culture:
And "of these ceremonial mosaics highlights that of the grave I of Structure VII, found in 1984, so that it is known as "Mask of Calakmul" "
It was calculated that this piece was manufactured more than 1200 years ago, between 660 and 759 AD. Through the new museum resources, we try to highlight each of components of the funeral trousseau of the ancient Mayan ruler and the accompanying offering:
"It should be remembered – says the communique – that for the ancient Maya, their rulers were a manifestation of the deity on Earth, so that the ceremonial masks with which they were buried gave them the face of the maize god in his transit through the underworld and for his rebirth as the support of his people. "
In this case, it is emphasized that the year Mayan Ruler was covered from head to foot with jade beads, bracelets, anklets, a front band, kilt and five-strand necklaces. The belt is made of small jade plates.
The curator and author of the new museographic proposal, María del Pilar Cuairán Chavarría, details:
"Accompanying all the keychain jade and his offering, the room has with eight digital maps and two animated videos to explain the mask in his relationship with the ancient Mayan worldview, as well as some tactile stations with the reproduction (in scale) 1: 1 of the mask and four different types of jade "
The mask of Calakmul returned to the museum of Mayan architecture "Baluarte de la Soledad" in December 2016, after an absence of more than ten years. And after the development of the new museographic scenario, room 4, where it will be permanently exposed, opens this Friday at 18:00
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