MEDIA INFORMATION

 
 
 
COLLECTION NAME:
MAW Collection
Record
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:
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).