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Animal Figures in the Maya Codices

PLATE 2

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Plate 2
Plate 2

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Honey bee (Melipona)

1. Possibly a drone, Tro-Cortesianus 108a.

2, 3. Tro-Cortesianus 108a.

4, 6 Bees more conventionalized, Tro-Cortesianus 80b.

5. Bee and honey comb, Tro-Cortesianus 109c.

7. Honey combs, apparently in a hive, Tro-Cortesianus 11c.

8. Maya day sign, Cauac, possibly representing a honey comb, Tro-Cortesianus 106b.

9. Tro-Cortesianus 103c.

10. Honey combs in a hive, Tro-Cortesianus 104a.

11. Bee and honey comb, Tro-Cortesianus 109c.

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