Nuns' Quadrangle - West Building

The newest section, the west building, has seven entrances. Its frieze is considered to be the most ornate in all Puuc architecture. Above the main entrance there is a throne with a baldachin, on which a seated figure, half man, half turtle, can be seen. The magnificent panel displays alternating sculptures of two Maya huts, rows of masks, geometrical ornaments and meandering coiled snakes. The last-named belong to the few Toltec stylistic elements to be found in Uxmal and were only added as an afterthought. Each of the edges of the building have three masks of the rain god Chac placed one above another.