Photo Collection of Stephanie Wood and Robert Haskett

Maya

Chaac Mool, also spelled Chac Mool. Figures such as this have been found in Tula, Xochicalco, Teotihuacan, Chichen Itza, and the Templo Mayor in Mexico City. The Chac Mool is the name given to this recurring, reclining figure whose stomach could support a vessel with offerings to the gods. The vessel could also capture water. Chac is the name of the rain god of the Toltec Maya.

For other examples, see http://oncampus.richmond.edu/~jhayden/recent_travels_Liy_2003/chac_mool_ex_chichen_itza_01s.JPG
http://www.hist.umontreal.ca/U/morin/pub/Objetssacres.htm
http://historylink102.com/mesoamerican/chichen-itza-1-chac.htm
http://www.tulaonline.com/zona_arqueologica.htm
http://www.indianer-welt.de/meso/aztek/tenoch-templo5.htm