Existing comment:
Stela C (south side):
The sculpture portrait of K'ak'Tiliw, the powerful 8th century ruler of Quirigua, shows him dressed in the ceremonial costume of warfare. The small profile heads at the top of his feather headdress are marks of the Lightning God, Chaak, often associated with warfare. At the sides of the headdress are small triangular banners of warfare. The ruler wears jade earflares and the jade ornaments of kinds. He holds a jaguar throne scepter symbolizing the first of the three throne stones of Creation, mentioned in the hieroglyphic text on the east side of the stela. His headdress includes the triple-knot symbols for the rites of bloodletting. ... |