This article examines the sixteenth-century Maya coat of arms, the Memorial Shield to the Massacre at Otzmal. In analyzing the work, I consider it in the context of indigenous peoples’ efforts to gain social standing and honors during the first decades of Spanish colonial dominion in Yucatán. I suggest that the coat of arms, and the documents contextually related to its creation, offer a glimpse into the developing artistic and cultural practices in colonial Yucatán during the sixteenth century while providing insight into how the work’s creator, Gaspar Antonio Chi, understood and responded to the colonial world to which he was apart. As one of the few extant artistic works specifically related to expressing sixteenth-century Yucatec Maya social and political concerns, the Otzmal shield allows for considerations of how a Maya artist responded to the colonial encounter, through the adoption of European visual and cultural strategies in his efforts to secure and solidify his standing in the new political landscape of Yucatán.

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玛雅纹章武器：在奥兹马尔大屠杀纪念馆中融合西班牙和玛雅视觉文化

本文研究了十六世纪的玛雅人的徽章，即奥兹玛尔大屠杀的纪念盾。在分析这项工作时，我认为这是在土著人民在尤卡坦州西班牙殖民统治的头几十年中争取社会地位和荣誉的努力的背景下进行的。我建议使用徽章以及与其创作相关的文献，以一窥十六世纪殖民时期尤卡坦州不断发展的艺术和文化习俗，同时深入了解作品的创作者加斯帕·安东尼奥·奇（Gaspar Antonio Chi）是如何理解和回应的他所处的殖民世界。作为为数不多的与表达16世纪尤卡特玛雅人的社会和政治问题特别相关的艺术作品之一，