…Chacmool
A pre-Columbian sculpture always shown in this reclining position with its head turned, having a bowl on its abdomen. The figures were first noted in the 9th century AD in the valley of Mexico and the Yucatan Peninsula. The bowls, or discs, were thought to be for sacrifices left for the gods, and other thoughts are that they were to place sacrifices of the heart of the victim sacrificed.
Here are a couple more of the Chacmool that I saw in Playa del Carmen, Mexico while I was there recently
I’ve not been consistent with this new round of the alphabet, and so it goes. My thanks as always to Frizztext for his leadership in this challenge.
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Pre-dating the recliner rocker!
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That would have saved their backs for sure!
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Lucky you. Such a beautiful place! Wish I was there now!
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Yes, indeed! Lucky for the wonderful visit there. Already wanting to go back, and it’s only been about a month since we were there.
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hi Angeline,
never heard from Chacmool sculptures before, thank you!
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Hi Frizz,
They are interestingly represented, and one has to pretty much believe that the bowl on the stomach was for offerings left for the gods.
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Learn something new every day 🙂
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So true, I really did not know the history until this trip. Thanks for stopping in!
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so interesting … do they know any more about it?
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There is a lot more detailed information on Wikipedia and other sites, but what I’ve given here is the pared down version. I found all of this history in the Yucatan Peninsula to be fascinating.
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… or lying back on the daybed, a bowl of popcorn on his tummy, watching the kids play? They’re fantastic things … 🙂
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They did grow a lot of maize! Maybe that’s what it was really for 🙂
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That is a beautiful sculpture! I like how it’s posted, and was noted in 9th century!
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Thanks, Amy. These sculptures have been around for awhile!
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fascinating sculpture
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Thanks, Shimon. They are some of the more fascinating ones I’ve seen in Mexico.
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I want to go to the beach, dadblameit! Covered in snow here.
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I want to go back there too! But I cannot complain, here where I live it will be 69 degrees F, today and for most of the next couple of weeks. Not a good thing! It should be cold and raining, but it’s not.
Stay warm!!
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I learned a new C word today. Nice post for Frizz’s challenge.
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Thanks, Ruth. This is a word I learned on this trip to Mexico; I had always seen these statues, but never investigated into what they were called or history.
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