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Yaxchilán,
State Chiapas, México Structure 2: Lintel 9 (detail) Late Classic (600-900 AD) 768 AD, Ŧ Yaxun Balam (Bird Jaguar) IV (752-772 AD) |
Comments: Depiction of Yaxun Balam IV and his brother-in-law, Chak Chami on 16 June, dancing while manipulating large flexible staffs (ni- cknamed "flapstaffs", but glyphically referred to as jasawchan). As was shown, such events are probably associated with the summer solstice. |
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