A stylized, pre-ColumbianMesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.
Origin
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol. The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.
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