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Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Jaina figure : whistle.
Description
The elite Maya surrounded themselves with luxury goods. This chief wears an elaborate hairdo, headband, ear spools, and shell necklace. His face shows signs of tattooing and his head has been reshaped when he was just born. The modified head with sloping forehead represents the end of elote, maize, or corn and the long flowing hair the corn silk.
Subject
[Whistles--Mexico--Jaina Island, Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 300 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
Title
Standing elderly pregnant female.
Description
The elite female figure wears a puffy jaguar skin headdress with three blue quetzal feathers, a pair of earspools and a necklace. Her old and worn body as well as her jaguar paws support a very pregnant abdomen. Fertility scepters of this goddess called "Lady Rainbow" were given to women as a good maternity omen.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Mexico--Jaina Island, Maya art--Mexico--Jaina Island, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Art--Mexico--Jaina Island]
Date
between 500 and 900
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