Haab Calendar Wheel

These exquisite, perfectly-scaled, durable Hydro-Calcite reproductions of ancient Maya carvings are hand cast from molds of hand-carved limestone reproductions created by modern Maya artists in the Chiapas highland rain-forests in Palenque, Mexico. Each highly accurate piece comes with a descriptive card and is suitable for display on walls, tables, stands or gardens (indoor/outdoor finish). Included at no charge is a wall hanger and display stand.

History: The Maya have many calendars that are used to calculate time. One is the Haab or monthly calendar. It is a yearly cycle comprised of 18 months of 20 days in length plus one 5 day period that marks the end and beginning of the cycle for a total of 365 days. Because it does not include a ?leap year?, its correspondence to our Gregorian calendar shifts over time. In 2006 the Haab calendar returned to its starting point of 0 Pop on April 4th.