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Title
Face pendant : bibhead.
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Face pendant : bibhead.
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Face pendant : bibhead.
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Face pendant : bibhead.
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Guatemala, Stone carving--Guatemala, Art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Maya flared bowl.
Description
This polychrome ceramic bowl was created with a flaring rim bowl. The bowl's cream slip background has been decorated with brown netted triangles, a red-brown step-fret band, and an orange geometric band.
Subject
[Pottery--El Salvador, Ceramic bowls--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
Title
Standing figure representing a ballplayer.
Description
During the Mesoamerican ballgame, ballplayers wore special equipment to protect themselves from injury and to help deflect and hit the ball. A rubber ball could be hit with a force that could easily maim or kill a player.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Belize, Maya sculpture--Belize, Maya art--Belize, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 800
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