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Title
Basalt earspool or plug.
Description
A simple, but very unusual stone object. Its shape and slight taper indicate an ear plug or spool. The weight of the dense basalt suggests part of a headdress. There is no abrasion caused by movement.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Basalt earspool or plug.
Description
A simple, but very unusual stone object. Its shape and slight taper indicate an ear plug or spool. The weight of the dense basalt suggests part of a headdress. There is no abrasion caused by movement.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Basalt earspool or plug.
Description
A simple, but very unusual stone object. Its shape and slight taper indicate an ear plug or spool. The weight of the dense basalt suggests part of a headdress. There is no abrasion caused by movement.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Basalt earspool or plug.
Description
A simple, but very unusual stone object. Its shape and slight taper indicate an ear plug or spool. The weight of the dense basalt suggests part of a headdress. There is no abrasion caused by movement.
Subject
[Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
Unknown
Title
Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
Description
These wedge-shaped pendants were created by core flaking and pressure flaking a soft stone. Once the basic wedge shape was produced, it was refined or flattened with abrasive grits or sands. The holes were drilled for suspending the pectoral.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
Description
These wedge-shaped pendants were created by core flaking and pressure flaking a soft stone. Once the basic wedge shape was produced, it was refined or flattened with abrasive grits or sands. The holes were drilled for suspending the pectoral.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
Description
These wedge-shaped pendants were created by core flaking and pressure flaking a soft stone. Once the basic wedge shape was produced, it was refined or flattened with abrasive grits or sands. The holes were drilled for suspending the pectoral.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
Title
Stone jewelry : wedge shaped pectoral.
Description
These wedge-shaped pendants were created by core flaking and pressure flaking a soft stone. Once the basic wedge shape was produced, it was refined or flattened with abrasive grits or sands. The holes were drilled for suspending the pectoral.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico--Nayarit, Jewelry--Mexico--Nayarit, Stone carving--Mexico--Nayarit, Art--Mexico--Nayarit, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 250 B.C. and 250 A.D.
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