Detail View: MAW Collection:
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Filename:
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MawM0164-000.jp2
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Identifying Number:
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MawM0164
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Title:
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Maya shell pectoral.
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Subject:
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Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico (Yucatan)
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Subject:
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Maya art--Mexico (Yucatan)
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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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A triangular section from the interior of a lightning whelk shell has been incised with a kneeling male figure. He holds a knife in his left hand and a large shell in his right. Maya shell pectoral / pendant.
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Materials:
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Shell: left handed lightning whelk, busycon perversum; cut, abraded, polished, incised; red pigment
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Publisher:
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California State University, Los Angeles
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Date:
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between 520 and 800
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Type:
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Artifact
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Object Type:
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Ornament
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Dimensions:
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4 7/8 in high x 2 3/4 in wide x 1 1/16 in deep
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Collection:
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MAW Collection
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Location:
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Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
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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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Late Classic
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