The Ancient Mayans and Genius Flute Players
This dancer wears a scaly armadillo mask, plays a flute, and shakes a rattle. From a Late Classic Maya vase in the Chama style, found in the same region as the Great Hollow where Hunahpu and Xbalanque descended into the Xibalba. An excerpt from the Popul Vuh, the Mayan Book of the Dawn of Life [...]