Salvaged from Copán River Cut
Tatiana Proskouriakoff, the early Mayanist and epigrapher, writes: "The Copán River has wantonly changed its course to gnaw at the east side of the Acropolis. It has devoured entire several buildings and has washed away thousands of tons of stone, leaving exposed a vertical cut a hundred and eighty-five feet in height."
These are some of the architectural ornaments salvaged from the area of the river cut. Most all of them appears to have tenons on the back, which allowed them to be attached to buildings. They are displayed on the eastern stairway of the East Court of the acropolis, where they can be enjoyed by visitors today.
Another salvaged ornament
A supernatural
Speculative "House of Monkeys"
It is speculated that once there was a "House of the Monkeys" bordering the East Court which was later devoured by the Copan River. All that remains are these architectural fragments.
Portrait
In Maya mythology, monkeys were from an earlier creation.