Subject: nakom captain of holkan mercenaries
Culture: Yucatec Mayan
Setting: late post-classical period, Yucatan/Guatemala 1441-1704
* Perot Museum of Nature and Science > Maya: Hidden Worlds Revealed
Late Postclassic (AD 1350-1530)
Structure 183, Santa Rita Corozal, Belize
Pottery ... Muluc-year ceremonies often featured similar figures: warriors, women with cloth-covered faces and animals that could move between worlds. These are part of a group of four sets of figurines, 28 in all, that archaeologists found inside a large urn."
