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National Geographic : 1936 Nov
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TODAY IN THE FEATHERED SERPENT'S CITY (0 N ational tieographlc society V inlay rI'otograpl by LulS MVaraen A MAYA "TARZAN" INSPECTS A COLUMN HIS ANCESTORS PAINTED CENTURIES AGO Its brilliant colors would have faded long since, had not this Temple of the Chac Mool been filled in and buried as part of the foundation for the later Temple of the Warriors (Plate XV). Each face of the limestone column bears the carved figure of a god or warrior, covered with fine white plaster and painted. A jaguar skin such as the youth wears for the camera was often part of the costume of the ancient Maya, to whom the animal symbolized bravery.
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