The Lanzón

unknown (Chavin)

dc.coverage.spatial	Site: The Old Temple (Chavín de Huantar, Peru)	en_US
dc.coverage.temporal	creation date: ca. 9th century BCE	en_US
dc.creator	unknown (Chavin)	en_US
dc.date	ca. 9th century BCE	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2008-04-14T14:25:04Z
dc.date.available	2008-04-14T14:25:04Z
dc.date.issued	-899--800	en_US
dc.identifier	113513	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/25519	en_US
dc.description	The oldest part of the temple is a U-shaped structure, with the open top of the U facing east; the rectangular central arm contains a cruciform gallery, at the crossing of which stands a remarkable prismatic shaft of white granite, some 15 feet high, carved in low relief to represent a standing human figure with snakes typifying the hair and a pair of great fangs in the upper jaw. This figure, which has variously been called El Lanzón, the Great Image, and the Smiling God, is thought to have been the chief object of worship in the original temple. CD 3/14/2008	en_US
dc.description	full view	en_US
dc.format.extent	height: 4.6 m	en_US
dc.format.medium	stone	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	132730	en_US
dc.subject	Gods	en_US
dc.subject	Temples	en_US
dc.subject	Stone carving	en_US
dc.subject	Archaeological sites	en_US
dc.subject	Pre-Columbian	en_US
dc.subject	Chavín de Huantar (Peru)	en_US
dc.subject	Chavín culture	en_US
dc.subject	Monoliths	en_US
dc.title	The Lanzón	en_US
dc.type	Image	en_US
dc.rights.access	All rights reserved	en_US
vra.culturalContext	Pre-Columbian (American)	en_US
vra.technique	carving (processes)	en_US
vra.worktype	Monolithic column	en_US
dc.contributor.display	unknown (Chavin)	en_US