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[TASK 174: TANZANIA]

In celebration of December 9th being Tanzanian Independence Day, here’s a masterlist below compiled of over 230+ Tanzanian faceclaims categorised by gender with their occupation and ethnicity denoted if there was a reliable source. If you want an extra challenge use random.org to pick a random number! Of course everything listed below are just suggestions and you can pick whichever faceclaim or whichever project you desire.

Any questions can be sent here and all tutorials have been linked below the cut for ease of access! REMEMBER to tag your resources with #TASKSWEEKLY and we will reblog them onto the main! This task can be tagged with whatever you want but if you want us to see it please be sure that our tag is the first five tags, @ mention us or send us a messaging linking us to your post!

THE TASK - scroll down for FC’s!

STEP 1: Decide on a FC you wish to create resources for! You can always do more than one but who are you starting with? There are links to masterlists you can use in order to find them and if you want help, just send us a message and we can pick one for you at random!

STEP 2: Pick what you want to create! You can obviously do more than one thing, but what do you want to start off with? Screencaps, RP icons, GIF packs, masterlists, PNG’s, fancasts, alternative FC’s - LITERALLY anything you desire!

STEP 3: Look back on tasks that we have created previously for tutorials on the thing you are creating unless you have whatever it is you are doing mastered - then of course feel free to just get on and do it. :)

STEP 4: Upload and tag with #TASKSWEEKLY! If you didn’t use your own screencaps/images make sure to credit where you got them from as we will not reblog packs which do not credit caps or original gifs from the original maker.

THINGS YOU CAN MAKE FOR THIS TASK - examples are linked!

Stumped for ideas? Maybe make a masterlist or graphic of your favourite faceclaims. A masterlist of names. Plot ideas or screencaps from a music video preformed by an artist. Masterlist of quotes and lyrics that can be used for starters, thread titles or tags. Guides on culture and customs.

Screencaps

RP icons [of all sizes]

Gif Pack [maybe gif icons if you wish]

PNG packs

Manips

Dash Icons

Character Aesthetics

PSD’s

XCF’s

Graphic Templates - can be chara header, promo, border or background PSD’s!

FC Masterlists - underused, with resources, without resources!

FC Help - could be related, family templates, alternatives.

Written Guides.

and whatever else you can think of / make!

MASTERLIST!

Amandina Lihamba (1944) Tanzanian - actress, director, and playwright.

Rachel Luttrell (1971) Shambaa Tanzanian / English - actress.

Leyla Rashid (1971) Tanzanian - Instagrammer.

Carola Kinasha (1972) Maasai Tanzanian - singer and guitarist.

Saida Karoli (1976) Tanzanian - singer.

Rose Mhando (1976) Tanzanian - singer.

K-Lyinn / Jacqueline Mengi (1978) Tanzanian - singer and furniture designer.

Lady Jaydee / Lady JayDee in town / Lady Jay Dee / Judith Mbibo (1979) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, and pianist.

Francisca Urio (1981) Tanzanian / German - singer-songwriter, model, and radio host.

Ida Ljungqvist (1981) Tanzanian / Swedish - model.

Monalisa / Yvonne Cherrie (1981) Tanzanian - actress, radio host, director, and producer.

Erica Luttrell (1982) Shambaa Tanzanian / English - actress.

Ray C / Rehema Chalamila (1982) Tanzanian - singer.

Celina Mziray (1982) Tanzanian / Scottish - instagrammer (celinamziray).

Nakaaya Sumari (1982) Tanzanian - rapper and singer.

Miriam Odemba (1983) Tanzanian - model and Miss Earth Tanzania 2008.

Dataz (1984) Tanzanian - rapper, singer, tv host, and DJ.

Salama Zalhata Jabir (1984) Tanzanian - YouTuber (MkasiTV).

SHAA (1985) Tanzanian - singer.

Aunty Ezekiel (1986) Tanzanian - actress.

Batuli / Yobnesh Yussuf Hassan (1986) Tanzanian - actress and producer.

Mwasiti / Mwasiti Almas Yusuph (1986) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter and rapper.

Nancy Sumari (1986) Tanzanian - model, author, and Miss World Tanzania 2005.

Shilole / Zena Yusuf Mohammed (1987) Tanzanian - actress, rapper-songwriter, and singer.

Flaviana Matata (1987) Tanzanian - model and Miss Universe Tanzania 2007.

Wema Sepetu (1988) Tanzanian - actress, tv host, model, and Miss Tanzania 2006.

Irene Uwoya (1988) Tanzanian - actress, director, and producer.

Vanessa Mdee / VeeMoney (1988) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, rapper, tv personality, radio host, and activist.

Alysha Brilla (1988) Tanzanian, Gujarati Indian, Khoja Indian / Unspecified White - singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, drummer, and producer.

Baby Madaha (1988) Tanzanian - actress and singer.

Maua Sama (1990) Tanzanian - singer.

Jennifer Mkoma (1991) Tanzanian - actress.

Nandy / Faustina Charles Mfinanga (1992) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, artist, and activist.

Lulu James (1992) Maasai Tanzanian - singer-songwriter.

Nale Boniface (1993) Tanzanian - model and Miss Earth Tanzania 2014.

Betty Boniphace (1993) Tanzanian - model and Miss Universe Tanzania 2013.

Winfrida Dominic (1993) Tanzanian - model and Miss Universe Tanzania 2012.

Nelly Kamwelu (1993) Tanzanian / Russian - model, Miss Universe Tanzania 2011, and Miss Southern Africa International 2011.

Carolyne Bernard (1994) Tanzanian - model and Miss Earth Tanzania 2015.

Hamisa Mobetto / Hamisa Mobetuo (1994) Tanzanian - model, actress, and singer.

Elizabeth Michael (1995) Tanzanian - actress and producer.

Herieth Paul (1995) Tanzanian - model.

Renaida / Renaida Braun (1997) Tanzanian - singer.

Lulu Diva (?) Tanzanian - singer and Instagrammer.

Irene Louis / Lynn (?) Tanzanian - model and musician.

Vivian Gaudencia (?) Tanzanian - Instagrammer.

WINI (?) Tanzanian - singer and actress (Instagram: wini_tz).

Kajala Masanja (?) Tanzanian - actress.

Mimi Mars (?) Tanzanian - MC, tv personality, and actress.

Julitha Kabete (?) Tanzanian, South African - model and Miss World Tanzania 2017.

Fahyvanny (?) Tanzanian, South African - Instagrammer and Best Dressed Lady Africa 2019.

Kanea Blokland (?) Tanzanian, Dutch - actress.

Mim Suleiman (?) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, performer, and composer.

Amanda Luttrell Garrigus (?) Tanzanian / Unknown - fashion journalist.

Remi Veronica (?) Tanzanian / Nigerian - singer, actress, and model.

Aliyah (?) Tanzanian, British - Instagrammer and YouTuber (tooaliyah).

Ms. Sasya (?) Tanzanian - make-up artist (Instagram: ms_sasya).

Mnyama Mkali (?) Tanzanian - Instagrammer (officiall_nai).

Maria Clementina (?) Tanzanian - model (instagram: pinkhooper).

Claralisa Namoyo (?) Tanzanian - Miss Tanzania top 10 finalist 2019, Next Top Model of the year 2015, Miss Tanga 2019, missnorthenzone 2nd runner-up 2019.

Belle Sophie (?) Tanzanian - model (Instagram: thebellesophie).

Aziza Frisby (?) Tanzanian, British - Instagrammer (aziza_frisby).

RED Tendawema (?) Tanzanian - singer and actress.

F - Athletes:

Nzaeli Kyomo (1957) Tanzanian - sprinter.

Lilian Nyiti (1959) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Mwinga Mwanjala (1960) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Mosi Alli (1961) Tanzanian - sprinter.

Marcellina Emmanuel (1964) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Restituta Joseph (1971) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Banuelia Mrashani (1977) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Lwiza John (1980) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Faustine Mussa (1981) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Anna Ndege (1982) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Phaustin Baha Sulle (1982) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Zakia Mrisho Mohamed (1984) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Mohamed Ikoki Msandeki (1985) Tanzanian - marathon runner.

Sara Ramadhani (1987) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Magdalena Moshi (1990) Tanzanian - swimmer.

Failuna Abdi Matanga (1992) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Malaika Mihambo (1994) Tanzanian / German - long jumper.

Magdalena Shauri (1996) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Sonia Tumiotto (2001) Tanzanian - swimmer.

Daniel Owino Misiani (1940) Tanzanian - singer.

Joseph Shabalala / Bhekizizwe Joseph Siphatimandla Mxoveni Mshengu Bigboy Shabalala (1941) Tanzanian / Zulu South African - singer and director.

Mzee Chillo / Ahmed Olotu (1950) Tanzanian - actor, singer, comedian, director, producer, and writer.

Ras Nas / Nasibu Mwanukuzi (1958) Tanzanian - musician and poet.

Rhymson / MC Rhymson / R.H.Y.M.S.O.N / Mwanavina / Zavara Mponjika / Ramadhani Mponjika (1968) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, and producer.

Jhikoman / Jhiko Manyika / Jhikolabwino Siza Manyika (1972) Tanzanian - singer, guitarist, painter, and sculptor.

Imani Sanga (1972) Tanzanian - musician.

Lucian Msamati (1976) Tanzanian - actor and playwright.

Vincent Kigosi (1980) Tanzanian - actor, director, and producer.

Juma Nature / Sir Nature / Juma Kassim Ally (1980) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, and producer.

Dully Sykes / Mr. Misifa / Abdul Sykes (1980) Tanzanian - rapper, singer, and producer.

TID / Khalid Mohamed (1981) Tanzanian - rapper and singer.

Harold O’Neal (1981) 3/4 Tanzanian, 1/4 African-American - actor, pianist, keyboardist, drummer, percussionist, public speaker, dancer, producer, and composer.

Tudd Thomas (1981) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, rapper, pianist, guitarist, drummer, producer, and sound engineer.

KAKA / Kaka / Little Kaka / Lil’ Kaka / Bigg Kaka / Rajabu Willer (1981) Tanzanian - rapper and singer.

Hamdan Al Abri (1981) Tanzanian / Ugandan, Comorian, Indian - singer-songwriter.

A.Y. / Ambwene Allen Yessayah (1982) Tanzanian - rapper.

Msafiri Zawose (1982) Gogo Tanzanian - singer, flutist, ilimba player, ngoma player, marimba player, zeze player, and lamellophone maker.

John Simon / Joh Makini (1984) Tanzanian - singer.

Romeo Jones (1985) Tanzanian - DJ.

Ali Kiba (1986) Tanzanian - actor, singer-songwriter, producer, director, and footballer.

Bob Junior / Raheem Rummy Nanji (1986) Tanzanian - actor, singer-songwriter, guitarist, pianist, and dancer.

Millard Ayo (1986) Tanzanian - blogger.

Nay Wa Mitego (1988) Tanzanian - rapper.

Nahreel / Emmanuel Mkono (1989) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, producer, and entrepreneur.

Mesen / Mesen Selekta / Jerry Boniface (1989) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, producer, sound engineer, and entrepreneur.

Diamond Platnumz / Nasibu Abdul Juma (1989) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, rapper, guitarist, pianist, drummer, dancer, and entrepreneur.

Ben Pol / Benard Michael Paul Mnyang'anga (1989) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter.

Juma Mussa (1989) Tanzanian - singer.

Musta Barbaari / James Nikander (1990) Tanzanian / Finnish - rapper.

Shetta / Nurdin Bilal Ali (1990) Tanzanian - singer and rapper.

Tiggs Da Author (1990) Tanzanian - rapper.

Mbosso (1991) Tanzanian - singer.

Harmonize / Rajab Abdul Kahali (1991) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter, rapper, guitarist, pianist, drummer, and dancer.

Goodluck Gozbert (1991) Tanzanian - gospel singer.

Kevoo Hard / Kelvin Mbilinyi (1992) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter.

Amidu Didascalie Lucas (1992 or 1993) Tanzanian - singer.

Lava Lava (1993) Tanzanian - rapper.

Idris Sultan (1993) Tanzanian - actor, tv personality, comedian, and radio host.

Rayvanny / Raymond Shaban Mwakyusa (1993) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter, singer, pianist, guitarist, drummer, and dancer.

Allan Kingdom / Allan Kyariga (1994) Tanzanian / South African - rapper and producer.

Dogo Janja / Abdulaziz Abubakar Chande (1994) Tanzanian - singer-songwriter and rapper.

Nedy Music / Said Seif Ally (1995) Tanzanian - rapper-songwriter and singer.

Timoth Conrad (1998) Tanzanian - film director, producer, screenwriter and editor

Emmanuel Silas Shedrack (1998) Tanzanian - model and Mr. Albinism East Africa 2018.

21 Sedrick (1999) Tanzanian - Instagrammer.

Dolasoul / Balozi / Balozi Dola (?) Tanzanian - rapper.

Saleh J / Saleh Jaber (?) Tanzanian - rapper.

Ommy Dimpoz (?) Tanzanian - singer.

Ernest Napoleon (?) Tanzanian / Russian - writer, producer and actor.

Joel Soul Kigwila (?) Tanzanian - actor.

Ben Breaker (?) Tanzanian - model.

Devon Kare (?) Tanzanian / Mozambican - actor and model (Instagram: devonkare).

Symon Poluse (?) Tanzanian - model (Instagram: symonpoluse).

Noel Ndale (?) Tanzanian - fashion stylist and Instagrammer (noelgiotz).

M - Athletes:

John Stephen Akhwari (1938) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Norman Chihota (1947) Tanzanian - sprinter.

Habibu Kinyogoli (1948) Tanzanian - boxer.

Suleiman Nyambui (1953) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Filbert Bayi (1953) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Hassan Afif (1956) Tanzanian / Somali - footballer.

Gidamis Shahanga (1957) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Juma Ikangaa (1957) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Joseph Marwa (1964) Tanzanian - boxer.

John Burra (1965) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Rashi Ali Hadj Matumla (1968) Tanzanian - boxer.

Alfred Shemweta (1970) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Maneno Oswald (1970) Tanzanian - boxer.

Francis Robert Naali (1972) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Andrew Sambu (1972) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Hassan Mzonge (1972) Tanzanian - boxer.

Zebedayo Bayo (1976) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Iddi Alkhag (1978) Tanzanian - footballer.

Robin Szolkowy (1979) Tanzanian / German - ice skater.

Khalid Rushaka (1980) Tanzanian - swimmer.

Getuli Bayo (1980) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Salum Swedi (1980) Tanzanian - footballer.

Patrick Mtiliga (1981) Tanzanian / Danish - footballer.

Omari Kimweri (1982) Tanzanian - boxer.

Francis Cheka (1982) Tanzanian - boxer.

Nadir Haroub (1982) Tanzanian - footballer.

Samson Ramadhani (1982) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Dickson Marwa Mkami (1982) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Danny Mrwanda (1983) Tanzanian - footballer.

Amri Kiemba (1983) Tanzanian - footballer.

Shaban Nditi (1983) Tanzanian - footballer.

Seleman Kidunda (1984) Tanzanian - boxer.

Aggrey Morris (1984) Tanzanian - footballer.

Abdi Kassim (1984) Tanzanian - footballer.

Kelvin Yondan (1984) Tanzanian - footballer.

Ivo Mapunda (1984) Tanzanian - footballer.

Juma Kaseja (1985) Tanzanian - footballer.

Eddie Odhiambo (1985) Tanzanian - footballer.

Samwel Mwera (1985) Tanzanian - middle-distance runner.

Henry Joseph Shindika (1985) Tanzanian - footballer.

Fabiano Joseph Naasi (1985) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Samwel Shauri (1985) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Mana Nakao (1986) Tanzanian / Japanese - footballer.

Rajab Hamza (1986) Tanzanian - footballer.

Haruna Moshi (1987) Tanzanian - footballer.

Hasheem Thabeet (1987) Tanzanian - basketball player.

Ali Afif (1988) Tanzanian, Somali / Yemeni - footballer.

Salomo Ntuve (1988) Tanzanian - boxer.

Nizar Khalfan (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

David Mwantika (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Athuman Idd (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Amir Maftah (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Nurdin Bakari (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Juma Jabu (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Erasto Nyoni (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Jerson Tegete (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Rashid Chidi Gumbo (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Mwinyi Kazimoto (1988) Tanzanian - footballer.

Ezekiel Jafary (1989) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Eric Odhiambo (1989) Tanzanian - footballer.

Mrisho Ngasa (1989) Tanzanian - footballer.

Raphael Bocco (1989) Tanzanian - footballer.

Martin Kolikoli (1989) Tanzanian - basketball player.

Aidi / Eddy Francis / Aidi Fulangxisi (1990) Tanzanian / Chinese - footballer.

Amahl Pellegrino (1990) Tanzanian - footballer.

Stephno Gwandu Huche (1990) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Haruna Chanongo (1991) Tanzanian - footballer.

Elias Maguri (1991) Tanzanian - footballer.

Alphonce Simbu (1992) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Salum Abubakar (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Shomari Kapombe (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Adi Yussuf (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Mbwana Samatta (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Jonas Mkude (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Himid Mao (1992) Tanzanian - footballer.

Frank Domayo (1993) Tanzanian - footballer.

Simon Msuva (1993) Tanzanian - footballer.

Ally Mtoni (1993) Tanzanian - footballer.

Thomas Ulimwengu (1993) Tanzanian - footballer.

Hassan Kessy (1994) Tanzanian - footballer.

Yussuf Poulsen (1994) Tanzanian / Danish - footballer.

Hilal Hemed Hilal (1994) Tanzanian - swimmer.

Saidi Makula (1994) Tanzanian - long-distance runner.

Andrew Thomas Mlugu (1995) Tanzanian - judoka.

Abdi Banda (1995) Tanzanian - footballer.

Aishi Manula (1995) Tanzanian - footballer.

Brad Kaaya (1995) Tanzanian / Nigerian, Ashkenazi Jewish - football player.

Akram Afif (1996) Tanzanian, Somali / Yemeni - footballer.

Gadiel Kamagi (1996) Tanzanian - footballer.

Mudathir Yahya (1996) Tanzanian - footballer.

Shiza Kichuya (1996) Tanzanian - footballer.

Yahya Zayd (1996) Tanzanian - footballer.

Faridi Mussa (1996) Tanzanian - footballer.

Carte Said (1997) Tanzanian - footballer.

Shaaban Idd Chilunda (1998) Tanzanian - footballer.

Abdalla Haji Shaibu (1998) Tanzanian - footballer.

Metacha Mnata (1998) Tanzanian - footballer.

Feisal Salum (1998) Tanzanian - footballer.

Michael John Lema (1999) Tanzanian - footballer.

Ally Hamis Ng'anzi (2000) Tanzanian - footballer.

Problematic:

Vanessa Morgan (1992) Tanzanian / Scottish - actress. - Plays a Native American character on Riverdale despite having no Native American heritage.

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tlatollotl · 7 years ago

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Relief with Enthroned Ruler

Artist: Chakalte' (Guatemalan or Mexican, active ca. A.D. 750–800)

Date: late 8th century

Geography: Guatemala or Mexico, La Pasadita

Culture: Maya

This Maya landmark was likely the carved lintel of a doorway from the site of La Pasadita in northwestern Guatemala carved in the early A.D. 770s. The relief panel would have been installed parallel to the floor of the entrance of a temple at La Pasadita. Visitors to the building were thus forced to look upward to view the monument, and perhaps even had to light the surface with raking torchlight in order to read the image and the text. The Metropolitan lintel is striking for the amount of pigment preserved on the surface. A variety of red, yellow-orange, and blue-green pigment remains to give clues about the original brightly colored appearance of the lintels. The jade jewels of the main characters and the details on the ruler’s throne glisten in blue-green, a color that symbolized the ‘first/newest’ and most precious materials. In the 8th century, the small hilltop site La Pasadita was caught between the power struggles of the self-proclaimed divine kings of the river kingdoms of Yaxchilan (modern-day Chiapas, Mexico), and Piedras Negras (Guatemala). During the Classic Maya period (ca. A.D. 250-900), the two major royal courts vied for power, paid tribute to one another, intermarried, and engaged in conflict with subsidiary local lords. Loyalties sometimes shifted, boundaries between the two city-states were often fortified, and artistic programs sponsored by the lords and ladies served as propaganda to stake claims on the contested landscape. The Yaxchilan kings and queens favored elaborate sculpted doorway lintels at the royal capital, and they made sure their local allies marked their palaces in the same way. At least a dozen related lintel reliefs are known from subsidiary sites around Yaxchilan. Likely commissioned by the Yaxchilan rulers themselves, most show the ruler from Yaxchilan in the company of the local lord in a supporting role in some ritual, making an overt statement of political sovereignty. The Met’s lintel depicts three protagonists: the figure seated on the right is faced by two standing ones to the left. The main figure offering an elaborate headdress to the seated leader is the La Pasadita ruler named Tiloom (ti-lo-ma), who ruled from approximately A.D. 750s-770s, using the title of sajal, a title for subsidiary regional governors. Tiloom is represented on at least three other known doorway sculptures: one in the Ethnologisches Museum in Berlin (IV Ca 45530), one in the collection of the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden (3939-1), and one in an unknown private collection. The Berlin lintel dates to A.D. 759, and the Leiden monument dates to A.D. 766; the private collection lintel dates to A.D. 771. Based on the known sculptures of Tiloom, the Metropolitan lintel is contemporaneous with the private collection lintel, probably carved between 769 and the early 780s. Tiloom was a loyal provincial ruler to the final two major kings of Yaxchilan, the father and son rulers of Bird Jaguar IV and Shield Jaguar IV. Bird Jaguar IV ruled from A.D. 752-768, and Shield Jaguar IV from 769 to around the turn of the 9th century. Bird Jaguar IV dominates the Berlin and Leiden lintels, in which Tiloom assists in a captive presentation and a scattering of incense, respectively. The ‘Sun Lord’ captive depicted in the Berlin Lintel is likely from Piedras Negras, and is the final portrayal of the many war victories of Bird Jaguar IV, who referred to himself as ‘he of 20 captives.’ In the Leiden panel, commemorating an event that occurred seven years after the Berlin captive presentation scene, Tiloom assists Bird Jaguar IV with a ‘scattering’ ritual in which the king drops blood or incense into a basket. The lintel from 771 in which Tiloom dances in a bird costume alone perhaps signals a shift in authority from one overlord to the other; Tiloom celebrated his own right to rule rather than his supporting role to the Yaxchilan king. The Metropolitan Lintel also dates from the early 770s; in fact, the same sculptor carved the two lintels, an individual by the name of Chakalte’. Sculptors’ signatures are relatively rare in Maya art, though many are known from the area around Yaxchilan and Piedras Negras. Chakalte’ was probably a sculptor who worked under the patronage of Shield Jaguar IV. That leader was known to send out sculptors to the other provincial lords, such as the rulers of the well-known site of Bonampak. Sculptors were sometimes important members of the royal courts; at Piedras Negras it seems that a master sculptor oversaw an atelier of apprentices who all signed the same works. Many hands thus crafted these royal portraits. Chakalte’ composed the Met’s lintel scene so that the visitor would be first greeted by the enthroned ruler, Shield Jaguar IV, facing the interior of the structure. The king leans forward towards his visitors, wearing an elaborate feathered hair ornament, a feathered nose plug, and a beaded jade necklace with bar pendant. Tiloom then stands proudly presenting the Yaxchilan holy lord with a headdress and what could be packets of incense or a plate of tamales. Tiloom wears a jaded headband and human head pectoral, with an elaborate woven skirt with a geometric pattern. A third personage stands behind Tiloom in a similar outfit but with a type of sombrero associated in other scenes with travelers or merchants. The text names the Yaxchilan "divine" lord with his pre-accession name of Chel Te’ Chan K’inich, which he changed to Shield Jaguar early in his reign because it was a namesake of ancestral rulers of the kingdom. The text naming Tiloom as the sajal, provincial lord, is squeezed in next to the ruler’s arm and the offertory headdress, almost as if Chakalte’ had not originally planned to include it. A bowl of sliced fruit with seeds visible sits under the throne, presumably part of the offering brought to the seated ruler. La Pasadita was visited in the 1970s by renowned explorer and monument recorder Ian Graham, but subsequently became dangerous for scholarly visits because of border conflicts during the decades-long civil conflict in Guatemala. Land mines and security problems prevented archaeological work until 1998, when Charles Golden and colleagues performed reconnaissance in the area. Even today the site lies within a troubled zone suffering the effects of narcotrafficking and illegal settlements within the national parks in the Usumacinta River drainage. The Metropolitan lintel provides key information for the understanding of Classic Maya politics on the eve of institutional collapse at the end of the 8th century. It shows the final major Yaxchilan lord receiving tribute in the form of food and regalia from a lord loyal to his warlord father, known as "he of 20 captives." But by the beginning of the 9th century, the dynasty at Yaxchilan ceased to build temples or commission monuments, silencing the voices of La Pasadita lord Tiloom and his sculptor of choice, Chakalte’. James Doyle, 2015 Resources and Additional Reading Bussel, G. W., and T. J. J. Leyenaar. 1991. Maya of Mexico. Leiden, The National Museum of Ethnology. Freidel, David, and Linda Schele 1990. Forest of Kings: The Untold Story of the Ancient Maya. New York, William Morrow. Golden, Charles, Andrew K. Scherer, A. René Muñoz, and Rosaura Vásquez. 2008. Piedras Negras and Yaxchilan: Divergent Political Trajectories in Adjacent Maya Polities. Latin American Antiquity 19(3): 249-274. Golden, Charles, and Andrew K. Scherer. 2013. Territory, Trust, Growth, and Collapse in Classic Period Maya Kingdoms. Current Anthropology 54(4): 397-435. "Border problems: recent archaeological research along the Usumacinta River." PARI Journal 7(2):1–16. Golden, Charles W. 2010. Frayed at the edges: the re-creation of histories and memories on the frontiers of Classic period Maya polities. Ancient Mesoamerica21(2): 373–384. "The politics of warfare in the Usumacinta Basin: La Pasadita and the realm of Bird Jaguar." In Ancient Mesoamerican Warfare. M. Kathryn Brown and Travis W. Stanton, eds. pp. 31–48. Walnut Creek, CA: AltaMira. Grube, Nikolai, and Marie Gaida. 2006 Die Maya: Schrift und Kunst. Berline, SMB-Dumont. Houston, Stephen. 2013. Carving Credit: Authorship among Classic Maya Sculptors. Paper presented at Making Value, Making Meaning: Techné in the Pre-columbian World, a Symposium at Dumbarton Oaks. Martin, Simon, and Nikolai Grube. Chronicle of the Maya Kings and Queens. New York, Thames & Hudson, 2000. Mathews, Peter. Tilom, in Who’s Who in the Classic Maya World, Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, Inc., 2005, http://research.famsi.org/whos_who/people.php?mathewsnumber=PSD%20001 Schele, Linda, and Mary Ellen Miller. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. Fort Worth, Kimbell Art Museum, 1986. Simpson, Jon Erik. The New York Relief Panel and Some Associations with Reliefs at Palenque and Elsewhere, Part 1, in Segunda Mesa Redonda de Palenque, edited by Merle Greene Robertson, Pebble Beach, Pre-Columbian Art Research Institute, 1976, pp. 95-105.

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