MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE QUETZAL BIRD NR * Start Price USD 19.99 Current Price USD 19.99 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Sunday, July 20, 2008 End Time Sunday, July 27, 2008 Location SAN PEDRO LAS HUERTAS See more about 'MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE QUETZAL BIRD NR *' Description WAYNER Store MAYAN HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE QUETZAL BIRD NR * WELL HUNG - ART & COLLECTABLES  A MAYAN EXPERIENCE MAYAN HAND CARVED AND STAINED WOODENGUATEMALAN SLINGSHOT HANDLE  "  HONDA  "SLINGSHOT HANDLE  BY A MAYAN CARVERTHIS CARVING IS UNSIGNED AS ARE MOST ALL SLINGSHOT HANDLESA WONDERFUL COLLECTORS PIECE    HAND CARVED SLINGSHOT HANDLE   QUETZAL  BIRD  A WONDERFUL VINTAGE MAYAN CARVING USING STAINED MAHOGANY WOODTHE QUETZAL IS THE NATIONAL BIRD OF GUATEMALA" THE ROYAL BIRD OF THE MAYA "THE FEATHERS IN PRE-COLUMBIAN TIMES WERE RESERVED FOR THE USE OF ROYALTY AND WERE OFTEN USED AS MONEYTHEIR VERY COLOR GREEN WAS THE MAYAN SYMBOL FOR ROYALTYTHE TAILS FEATHERS GROW SEVERAL FEET LONGA VERY SHY BIRD THAT IS BECOMING HARDER AND HARDER TO FIND IN THE WILD    FROM THE GUATEMALAN DISTRICT OF QUETZALTENANGO   FROM THE VILLAGE OF  XELA ( QUETZALTENANGO )"  PLACE OF THE QUETZAL "FROM THE MAYAN QUICHEIN QUICHE THE WORD FOR SLINGSHOT IS "  KEKB'AL  "CARVED AROUND THE MIDDLE TO EARLY 1900'S5 "  LENGTH1 "  WIDE1 "  FRONT TO BACK IN EXCELLENT VINTAGE CONDITION SLINGSHOT"  HONDA  "MAYAN SLINGSHOTS BEGAN AS SIMPLE WEAPONS USED FOR HUNTING SMALL PREY AND PERSONAL DEFENSEDATING BACK SOME 160 YEARSCARVED BY MAYAN SHEPHERDS - FARM WORKERS - CARPENTERS AND MASK CARVERS IN LATIN AMERICA WITH THE MAIN VOLUME OF WORK BY THE MAYAN CARVERS OF GUATEMALATHE LATIN WORD HONDA MEANS SLINGSHOT OR SLINGSHOT HANDLE AND ALSO REFERS TO A MUCH OLDER INSTRUMENT THE SLING THE SLING IS ONE OF MAN'S OLDEST WEAPONS USED FOR HUNTING AND COMBAT. SLINGS HAVE  A HISTORY GOING BACK 7000 YEARS SLINGSHOTS ARE WORKS OF  CARVED ART IF NOT JUST AS OR MORE IMPORTANT THAN MAYAN CARVINGS OF SAINTS AND MASKS USED IN THEIR RITUAL CEREMONIAL DANCESVERY LITTLE IS KNOWN OF THEIR HISTORY AND ART LOVER ALONG WITH COLLECTORS AND ARTISTS WORLDWIDE ARE JUST BEGINING TO DISCOVER THEIR BEAUTY THE MAYAN ARTIST'S IMAGINATION SHOWN IN THEIR CARVINGS IS FED BY HISTORY - MYTHOLOGY - SOCIAL CONTENT ALONG WITH THE INFLUENCE OF TELEVISION - MASS MEDIA AND GLOBALIZATIONEVEN THOUGH MOST ALL HANDLES ARE UNSIGNEDIT IS AT TIME EASY TO RECOGNIZE A  CARVER BY HIS SPECIFIC STYLE OR THE MOTIFS HE USES  THE TECHNIQUES USED TO ATTACH THE RUBBER BANDS ARE 1 - THE MOST COMMON USED IS TWO TO FIVE SLITS CARVED ON THE TOP OR BOTTOM OF THE HANDLE TO THREAD THE RUBBER BANDS THROUGH AND SECURE THEM WITH A KNOT2 - TWO HOLES DRILLED IN THE HANDLE TO THREAD THE RIBBER BANDS THROUGH SECURING THEM WITH A KNOT3 - NAILING LEATHER STRAPS TO THE TOP OR BOTTOM AND SECURING THEM WITH STRING4 - SECURING THE RUBBER BANDS AROUND THE TOP OF THE HANDLE USING GROOVES TO HOLD THEM IN PLACETHESE MAYAN CARVINGS ARE REPRESENTED IN THE FOLLOWING FORMS1  -  MAYAN MYTHOLOGY AND CULTURE2  -  HUMAN FIGURES FROM THE PAST - PRESENT AND FUTURE3  -  ANIMALS - BIRDS - REPTILES BOTH REAL AND IMAGINARY4  -  FIGURES REPRESENTING EVERYDAY LIFE5  -  MAYAN TRADITIONS AND CELEBRATIONS6  -  MAYAN RITUAL CEREMONIAL DANCES7  -  RELIGION FROM THE CRUCIFICTION TO THE DEVIL8  -  THE MANY CONFLICTS OF LATIN AND CENTRAL AMERICA FROM THE SPANISH CONQUEST TO MODERN TIMES - MILITARY - GUERRILLA AND WARRIOR FIGURES9  -  THE INFLUENCES OF GLOBAL MASS MEDIA - BOOKS - COMICS TO TELEVISION  FROM REALITY TO FIGURES AND BEINGS OF THE IMAGINATION AND NORTH AMERICAN FOLKLOREGUATEMALA COMES FROM THE NAHUATL WORD GUAUHITEMALA WHICH MEANS¨ PLACE OF WOODS ¨  THE MAIN WOODS USED IN THESE CARVINGS ARE1  -  MAHOGANY  A WOOD THAT VARIES IN COLOR FROM RED TO YELLOW - A VERY HARD WOOD2  -  CEDAR  USED FOR FURNITURE AND BY ARTISANS IN CARVING THROUGHOUT CENTRAL AMERICATHE MAYA CALL THE CEDAR TREE  ¨ THE TREE OF GOD  ¨3  -  ASH  THIS TREE HAS A LIGHT AND DARK BROWN COLOR WITH GRAY HIGHLIGHTS4  -  OAK  AN EXTREMELY HARD WOOD THAT IS THE MOST COMMON FOUND AND USED TREE IN GUATEMALA5  -  GUACHIPILIN  A MEDICINAL TREE THAT IS ALSO ROT RESISTANT6  -  HORMIGO  THIS TREE GETS IT'S NAME FROM ANTS WHICH ARE CALLED ¨HORMIGA¨ THAT OFTEN LIVE IN THIS TREE7  -  ORANGE  ALSO KNOW AS THE GUAYABO TREE8  -  PINE  THIS TREE VARIES IN COLOR FROM WHITE TO DARK REDACCORDING TO THE MAYA THE PINE TREE HAS EXISTED FROM THE TIME OF CREATION9  -  PRIMAVERA  THE LEAVES OF THIS TREE ARE USED BY THE MAYA TO FIGHT FEVERS10  -  CHERRY AND GUAYACAN  ARE ALSO USED TO A LESSER EXTENTALSO USED AT TIMES IS CATTLE HORN OR ANIMAL BONE AND PRESERVED HOOVESTHESE SPECIMENS ARE EXTREMELY RAREIN MOST CASES IT IS VERY HARD TO DETERMINE THE EXACT WOOD USED IN MOST HONDAS AS A WIDE RANGE OF COLOR AND DENSITY EXIST FOR A SINGLE SPECIES OF TREETHESE MAYAN SLINGSHOTS AND HANDLES FROM THE NEW TO THE ANTIQUE SHOWING AGE AND WONDERFUL PATINA ALL HAVE IN COMMON A GREAT COLLECTABLE ARTISTIC VALUE THAT WILL ONLY INCREASE IN THE FUTUREWE WILL OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS BE SHARING PART OF OUR ON GOING COLLECTION THAT HAS TAKEN A NUMBER OF YEAR TO ASSEMBLE WITH THE CONTINUED HELP OF OUR MAYAN FRIENDS IN VILLAGES ALL OVER CENTRAL AMERICATHROUGH OUR EBAY STORE AND AUCTIONS SHIPPING COST FROM GUATEMALAUSA $5   CANADA $5WORLDWIDE  $8 LOOKING FOR A SPECIFIC MAYAN OR CENTRAL AMERICAN  SLINGSHOT HANDLE - PAINTING - CARVING - MASK - SANTOS - POTTERY - TEXTILES - HUIPILS OR ANY OTHER ARTIFACTCONTACT US ATMAYANMASKS@HOTMAIL.COMWE CAN FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FORMANY PIECES IN OUR EBAY STORE ARE AT AUCTION PRICES AND MANY WITH FREE SHIPPING WORLDWIDE   A  -  298                      Place a Bid!