Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0136-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0136
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Title:
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Face pendant : bibhead.
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Subject:
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Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Stone carving--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Art--Guatemala
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Subject:
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Mayas--Antiquities
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Description:
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Jade, jadeite and greenstones were considered a precious material with supernatural qualities associated with water, maize, fertility, and the sky. The bibhead pendant may have been an heirloom handed down from one generation to another generation.
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 600 and 800
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Sculpture
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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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