Mayas

About this book

A selection of 300 archaeological Mayan objects, from the holdings of 20 museums in five States comprising the Maya area in Mexico: Chiapas, Tabasco, Campeche, Yucatán and Quintana Roo. The exhibition includes fragments of archeological textiles from the sacred Cenote of Chichén Itzá displayed abroad for the first time. The exhibition venues included the Museum Martin-Gropius-Bau, in Berlin, Germany, the National Museum of China in Beijing, China; the Museo Palacio Cantón, in Mérida, Yucatan; the Museo Regional de Antropología in Villahermosa, Tabasco and in the Museo Maya in Cancún, Quintana Roo.