Plaster casts from Yaxchilan

These casts show door and window surrounds from the Maya city of Yaxchilan, Mexico constructed between AD 350 and 850. The casts were taken from Structure 33, one of the finest buildings at Yaxchilan. King Bird Jaguar IV commissioned the building, but he died before it was finished. Bird jaguar's son Itzamnaaj B'alam III, completed the temple to honour his father.
The English pioneer Alfred Maudslay worked at the principle Maya sites between 1881 and 1894. Maudslay photographed his discoveries and made papier mache and plaster moulds. The moulds were used to make plaster casts in London.