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Filename: 
MawM0136-000.jp2
Identifying Number: 
MawM0136
Title: 
Face pendant : bibhead.
Subject: 
Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala
Subject: 
Stone carving--Guatemala
Subject: 
Art--Guatemala
Subject: 
Mayas--Antiquities
Description: 
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.
Publisher: 
California State University, Los Angeles
Date: 
between 600 and 800
Type: 
Artifact
Object Type: 
Sculpture
Collection: 
MAW Collection
Location: 
Guatemala
Rights: 
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