Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0133-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0133
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Title:
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Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
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Subject:
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Jewelry--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Decoration and ornament--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Maya art--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Subject:
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Indigenous peoples--Antiquities
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Description:
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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.
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Materials:
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Stone: blue-green jade; core flaked; pressure flaked; drilled; abraded and polished.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 500 and 900
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Jewelry
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Object Type:
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Ear flare
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Dimensions:
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13/16 in high x 1 5/8 in diameter
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Guatemala
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Rights:
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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).
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Culture:
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Maya
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Period:
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Classic
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