Unknown Artist, Wall panel depicting Ix K’an Bolon (“Lady Yellow Nine”) in ritual dress, 692 CE
Sculpted by unknown Maya artists, the beautifully intricate low-relief limestone wall panel, Wall panel depicting Ix K’an Bolon (“Lady Yellow Nine”) in ritual dress, 692 CE, portrays a royal Maya woman wearing a towering feather headdress, beaded collar, and open-work jade-bead skirt, bordered by hieroglyphics. Residual red and blue pigment suggests the sculpture was installed in a wall or door jam, where it was protected from the elements.
Image: Maya, Wall panel depicting Ix K’an Bolon (“Lady Yellow Nine”) in ritual dress, 692 CE, limestone, stucco and pigment, Pomoná, Southern Maya lowlands, Tabasco, Mexico, Dallas Museum of Art, Foundation for the Arts Collection, gift of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Clark, 1968.39.FA.
