Ix chel is a complex goddess with multiple facets concerned with healing midwifery sexuality herbalism weaving and nature.
Mayan woman holding corn ceramic.
Origins and heritage of mayan weaving.
As the young moon goddess she is shown sitting in the moon holding a rabbit symbol of fertility and abundance.
Apr 11 2015 explore madame delacroix s board corn god on pinterest.
The waist 12 1 2 in circumference.
The square face is 4 1 2 wide and 5 1 4 high.
The arms extend out 4.
The coiled snake headdress is a significant artifact connected with maya women both ancient and modern.
There are designs throughout the body.
In the same way artists worked the hard stone they also delicately cut and incised marine and freshwater shell animal bones and even human bones.
Shell earflare frontals 1995 489a b depict the severed head of the maya maize god the personification of a newly harvested ear of corn.
According to mayan mythology ix chel was the patron of weaving.
The corn and waist band are a.
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Mar 19 2013 date.
Ceramic mayan figurine with corn head piece and holding corn maize.