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MawM0155-bot.jp2
Seated elite female wit...
MawM0155
 
Title
Seated elite female with jaguar marks : whistle.
Description
A dignified woman sits very straight, looking forward with her hands to her side resting on her skirt. She wears a pair of ear spools, a necklace and bracelets representing jade adornments. On her arms there are circular marks, possibly jaguar marks. All the details in this statuette indicate this elite lady is very special.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Whistles--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0155-270.jp2
Seated elite female wit...
MawM0155
 
Title
Seated elite female with jaguar marks : whistle.
Description
A dignified woman sits very straight, looking forward with her hands to her side resting on her skirt. She wears a pair of ear spools, a necklace and bracelets representing jade adornments. On her arms there are circular marks, possibly jaguar marks. All the details in this statuette indicate this elite lady is very special.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Whistles--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0155-180.jp2
Seated elite female wit...
MawM0155
 
Title
Seated elite female with jaguar marks : whistle.
Description
A dignified woman sits very straight, looking forward with her hands to her side resting on her skirt. She wears a pair of ear spools, a necklace and bracelets representing jade adornments. On her arms there are circular marks, possibly jaguar marks. All the details in this statuette indicate this elite lady is very special.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Whistles--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0155-090.jp2
Seated elite female wit...
MawM0155
 
Title
Seated elite female with jaguar marks : whistle.
Description
A dignified woman sits very straight, looking forward with her hands to her side resting on her skirt. She wears a pair of ear spools, a necklace and bracelets representing jade adornments. On her arms there are circular marks, possibly jaguar marks. All the details in this statuette indicate this elite lady is very special.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Whistles--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0155-000.jp2
Seated elite female wit...
MawM0155
 
Title
Seated elite female with jaguar marks : whistle.
Description
A dignified woman sits very straight, looking forward with her hands to her side resting on her skirt. She wears a pair of ear spools, a necklace and bracelets representing jade adornments. On her arms there are circular marks, possibly jaguar marks. All the details in this statuette indicate this elite lady is very special.
Subject
[Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Whistles--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-270.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-bot.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-top.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-000.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-090.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0159-180.jp2
Stucco head of an elite...
MawM0159
 
Title
Stucco head of an elite Maya : idealized.
Description
The Maya concept of beauty involved body modification. The heads of newborn babies were bound with boards to flatten the forehead. Little balls of resin between the eyes induced crossed eyed. Long straight noses were created by filling the gap with resin or wax. The ears, lips, and septum of the nose were pieced to hold adornment.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Guatemala, Maya sculpture--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 600 and 900
MawM0160-000.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0160-090.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0160-180.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0160-270.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0160-bot.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0160-top.jp2
Elite male wearing a he...
MawM0160
 
Title
Elite male wearing a headdress : portrait.
Description
Elite males wore elaborate headdresses. They painted their bodies red and black to indicate they were warriors. Teeth were filed and the incisors were notched for dental inlays of jade and pyrite. This portrait is an architectural element or part of a building.
Subject
[Stucco sculpture--Mexico, Maya sculpture--Mexico, Maya art--Mexico, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-top.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-bot.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-270.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-180.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-090.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0162-000.jp2
Maya pedestal polychrom...
MawM0162
 
Title
Maya pedestal polychrome vessel.
Description
The form and the surface decorations of this vessel are very elaborate. The artisan created a teardrop-shaped vessel with a pedestal foot and three equally spaced sunken roundels in the body. He painted the vessel with a cream slip upon which he drew a band of glyphs around the mouth and a stylized profile heads in each roundel with alternating vertical glyphs in a column.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--El Salvador, Pottery--El Salvador, Maya art--El Salvador, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0164-270.jp2
Maya shell pectoral.
MawM0164
 
Title
Maya shell pectoral.
Description
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico (Yucatan), Maya art--Mexico (Yucatan), Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 520 and 800
MawM0164-180.jp2
Maya shell pectoral.
MawM0164
 
Title
Maya shell pectoral.
Description
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico (Yucatan), Maya art--Mexico (Yucatan), Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 520 and 800
MawM0164-090.jp2
Maya shell pectoral.
MawM0164
 
Title
Maya shell pectoral.
Description
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico (Yucatan), Maya art--Mexico (Yucatan), Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 520 and 800
MawM0164-000.jp2
Maya shell pectoral.
MawM0164
 
Title
Maya shell pectoral.
Description
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.
Subject
[Pendants (Jewelry)--Mexico (Yucatan), Maya art--Mexico (Yucatan), Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 520 and 800
MawM0125-top.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0125-bot.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0125-270.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0125-180.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0125-090.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0125-000.jp2
Maya plumbate choc vess...
MawM0125
 
Title
Maya plumbate choc vessel.
Description
The elite of Mesoamerica were always looking for new and better elite vessels to serve their guests cacao. A new type of ceramic, plumbate ware, appealed to their sensabilities for its varigated, shiny, metallic surface. This phytomorhpic cacao vessel depicts the maya rain god Chac.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic sculpture--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 900 and 1250
MawM0129-top.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0129-bot.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0129-270.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0129-180.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0129-090.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0129-000.jp2
A pair of Maya plumbate...
MawM0129
 
Title
A pair of Maya plumbate vessels : deity Head : B.
Description
Two similar plumbate ollas were formed from a bulb bottom, a flaring high neck collar rim, and fanged deity applique. The fang deities represent concepts of one or uniqueness and duality or opposition.
Subject
[Drinking vessels--Guatemala, Pottery--Guatemala, Ceramic tableware--Guatemala, Maya art--Guatemala, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities]
Date
between 500 and 800
MawM0134-000.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-045.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-135.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-180.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-225.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-315.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0134-top.jp2
Pair of Maya jade ear f...
MawM0134
 
Title
Pair of Maya jade ear flares.
Description
These blue-green jade ear flared have been string cut, chipped, abraded, drilled, and polished to form a flower. The petals represent the four cardinal directions, while the ball an post stands for the verticality of up and down. The design represents the Maya "Quincunx" or the five directions of their world or universe.
Subject
[Jewelry--Central America, Stone carving--Central America, Decoration and ornament--Central America, Maya art--Central America, Mayas--Antiquities, Indigenous peoples--Antiquities, Mayas--Jewelry]
Date
between 500 and 900
MawM0149-000.jp2
Jaina figure : whistle.
MawM0149
 
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
MawM0149-090.jp2
Jaina figure : whistle.
MawM0149
 
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
MawM0149-180.jp2
Jaina figure : whistle.
MawM0149
 
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
MawM0149-270.jp2
Jaina figure : whistle.
MawM0149
 
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
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