Mayans Social Organization Continued

ARTWORK

- They made elaborate, detailed pottery. These were obviously more precise and complex than that of the Kalinagos.
- Pottery included kitchen utensils such as bowls, pots and cups which they designed with stripes. All pottery were hand made.
-In Mayan pottery, each piece reveals stories of rulers and rituals which were major aspects of their civilization. Murals were found in San Bartolo, Mexico depicting Yum Kax and in a cave in Nai Tunich, Central America.
-Popular jewelry was jade. Mayans sculpted ornaments entirely out of jade.
- Bright colours were used to draw large murals on the walls of Mayan temples and pyramids. These murals usually depicted a scene or story that occured in Mayan time. Many of their paintings were also of kings, gods and animals.
- Featherwork: a quetzal bird (similar to a peacock) was defeathered and the feathers were used to make the headpieces used by the Halach Unich and other leaders.

INSTRUMENTS AND MUSIC

- Instruments were made from clay, wood, rubber, bones and shell. Flutes were made of wood, clay and bamboo; Rattles were made of seeds and shells. They also made bells and drums and the main purpose of these instruments was for rituals and entertainment.