chacmool
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Yucatec Maya chak moʼol (“jaguar”, literally “red paw”). The name was first given by Augustus Le Plongeon to a statue of this type discovered at Chichén Itzá in 1875.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
chacmool (plural chacmools or chacmooles)
- (archaeology) A stylized, pre-Columbian Mesoamerican stone sculpture depicting a reclining male figure with the head raised and turned to one side, holding a small tray over the stomach.