Image: 9151
File date: 2009-04-24
Caption: Palenque Panel
Description: Palenque panel.Kinich Kan Joy Chitam II, dances as Chahk. His father, Kinich Janaab Pakal (right), and mother, Lady Tzakbu Ajaw (left) sit flanking him. Pakal holds a small, full-figure Kawiil and Lady Tzakbu Ajaw holds a personified Jester God. The text records an anniversary of the death of his ancestor, Kan Joy Chitam I. Copyright © Justin Kerr and Dumbarton Oaks Precolumbian Library
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Photograph by Justin Kerr
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