COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
Filename:
MawM0133-000.jp2
Identifying Number:
MawM0133
Title:
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Subject:
Jewelry--Guatemala
Subject:
Decoration and ornament--Guatemala
Subject:
Stone carving--Guatemala
Subject:
Maya art--Guatemala
Subject:
Mayas--Antiquities
Subject:
Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
Description:
The Olmec and the Maya wore jade or jadeite beads, necklaces, and ear spools. The Maya elite placed a jade bead in the mouths of their dead as a sign of rebirth. The quadrapartite design represents the four cardinal directions and the hole the fifth direction or the Axis Mundi.
Materials:
Stone: blue-green jade; core flaked; pressure flaked; drilled; abraded and polished.
Publisher:
California State University, Los Angeles
Date:
between 500 and 900
Type:
Artifact
Object Type:
Jewelry
Object Type:
Ear flare
Dimensions:
13/16 in high x 1 5/8 in diameter
Collection:
MAW Collection
Location:
Guatemala
Rights:
Physical collection housed at California State University, Los Angeles. | MATERIALS ARE IN COPYRIGHT | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | This Item is protected by copyright and/or related rights. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. For other uses you need to obtain permission from the rights-holder(s).
Culture:
Maya
Period:
Classic
