Chacmool
A chacmool is a form of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican sculpture depicting a reclining figure with its head facing 90 degrees from the front, supporting itself on its elbows and supporting a bowl or a disk upon its stomach. Wikipedia
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The figure is adorned with a headdress, earflares, bracelets, and anklets, all likely depicted as if they were made of jade. The bowl served as a receptacle for ...
Chichen Itza - Ancient Observatories: Chichén Itzá - Exploratorium
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HISTORY. Chacmool Throughout Chichén Itzá are reclining stone figures grasping platelike receptacles, called chacmools , which are purely Toltec in origin; ...