Mayas
Subtitle: el lenguaje de la belleza
By: coordinación curatorial: Karina Romero Blanco autores de textos: Miriam Judith Gallegos Gómora, Antonio Benavides Castillo, Adriana Velázquez Morlet
Contributors: Gallegos Gomora, Miriam Judith, writer of supplementary textual content; Benavides C., Antonio, writer of supplementary textual content
Edition: Primera edición.
Publisher: Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia
Published: 2015
Place of publication: México, D.F
Language: spa
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9786074847048; 9786074847055
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Exhibitions; Antiquities; Mayas; Maya art
Description: A selection of 300 archaeological Mayan objects, from the holdings of 20 museums in five States comprising the Maya area in Mexico: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. The exhibition includes fragments of archeological textiles from the sacred Cenote of Chichén Itzá displayed abroad for the first time. The exhibition venues included the Museum Martin-Gropius-Bau, in Berlin, Germany, the National Museum of China in Beijing, China; the Museo Palacio Cantón, in Mérida, Yucatan; the Museo Regional de Antropología in Villahermosa, Tabasco and in the Museo Maya in Cancún, Quintana Roo.
Notes: Published on the occasion of the exhibition held in 2015 in diverse venues in Mexico and abroad.

Bibliography: pages 72-75.

Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introducción / Karina Romero Blanco; title: El lenguaje de la belleza = The language of beauty / Adriana Velázquez Morlet; title: La isla de Jaina y las figurillas de la costa campechana = Jaina Island and figurines from the coast of Campeche / Antonio Benavides Castillo; title: Vestido, peinados e identidad de la mujer maya en el pasado = Clothing, hairstyles, and identty of Maya women in the past / Miriam Judith Gallegos Gómora; title: Selección de piezas por regiones; title: I. El cuerpo como lenzo; title: II. El cuerpo revestido; title: III. La contraparte animal; title: IV. Los cuerpos de la divinidad; title: Lista de obras.