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MawM0114-bot.jp2
Maya jade and jadeite.
MawM0114
Title
Maya jade and jadeite.
Description
There are five different shapes of Maya stone beads. Four Jabed beads, 15 spherical, 7 large hole and 14 small hole, 3 large barrels, 10 small barrels, 11 discs & 2 other shapes. The range in size from 0.25 inches to 1.0 inches.
Subject
[Beads--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
 
MawM0114-270.jp2
Maya jade and jadeite.
MawM0114
Title
Maya jade and jadeite.
Description
There are five different shapes of Maya stone beads. Four Jabed beads, 15 spherical, 7 large hole and 14 small hole, 3 large barrels, 10 small barrels, 11 discs & 2 other shapes. The range in size from 0.25 inches to 1.0 inches.
Subject
[Beads--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
 
MawM0114-180.jp2
Maya jade and jadeite.
MawM0114
Title
Maya jade and jadeite.
Description
There are five different shapes of Maya stone beads. Four Jabed beads, 15 spherical, 7 large hole and 14 small hole, 3 large barrels, 10 small barrels, 11 discs & 2 other shapes. The range in size from 0.25 inches to 1.0 inches.
Subject
[Beads--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
 
MawM0114-090.jp2
Maya jade and jadeite.
MawM0114
Title
Maya jade and jadeite.
Description
There are five different shapes of Maya stone beads. Four Jabed beads, 15 spherical, 7 large hole and 14 small hole, 3 large barrels, 10 small barrels, 11 discs & 2 other shapes. The range in size from 0.25 inches to 1.0 inches.
Subject
[Beads--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
 
MawM0114-000.jp2
Maya jade and jadeite.
MawM0114
Title
Maya jade and jadeite.
Description
There are five different shapes of Maya stone beads. Four Jabed beads, 15 spherical, 7 large hole and 14 small hole, 3 large barrels, 10 small barrels, 11 discs & 2 other shapes. The range in size from 0.25 inches to 1.0 inches.
Subject
[Beads--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 400 B.C. and 200 B.C.
 
MawM0133-bot.jp2
Pair of ear flares : qu...
MawM0133
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
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.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
 
MawM0133-315.jp2
Pair of ear flares : qu...
MawM0133
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
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.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
 
MawM0133-135.jp2
Pair of ear flares : qu...
MawM0133
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
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.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
 
MawM0133-045.jp2
Pair of ear flares : qu...
MawM0133
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
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.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
 
MawM0133-000.jp2
Pair of ear flares : qu...
MawM0133
Title
Pair of ear flares : quadripartite design.
Description
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.
Subject
[Jewelry--Guatemala, Decoration and ornament--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 900
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