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Upper Central
America Jade & Stone Jade, Turquoise, and Other Stones from the Cultures of Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras Click For Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama |
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Belize Jade & Stone Jade and Other Stones from cultures of Belize, Central America (for just Maya click here) |
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Head of the Maya sun god Kinich Ahau, from Belize - 9 3/4 pounds 6 inches tall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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El Salvador Jade & Stone Jade and Other Stones from cultures of El Salvador, Central America (for just Maya click here) |
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El Salvador - Maya Carved Jade Pendant
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El Salvador - Maya Carved Jade Pendant
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El Salvador - Maya Greenstone Mask |
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El Salvador - Maya Carved Jade Pendant |
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El Salvador - Maya Eccentric Flint Blade |
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Guatemala Jade & Stone Jade and Other Stones from cultures of Guatemala, Central America (for just Maya click here) |
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Jade Royal Belt Ornament ca. A.D. 400-500
- Possibly Guatemala - Early Classic period (A.D. 250-600) - Pale gray-green
jade - H: 9 1/8 in. (23 cm.) Jade belt ornament originally formed part of a royal costume that included a belt assemblage consisting of three such pendants. One side represents a full-length profile portrait of a young Maya ruler richly attired in the regalia associated with enthronement. Dark spots on his body signify the supernatural, and allude to Hunahpu, one of the Hero Twins of Maya mythology. Smaller spots on his cheeks and nose and a whiskerlike element at the corner of his mouth symbolize his kinship with the jaguar, the feline associated with the night. He wears a jaguar-skin skirt overlaid by a royal belt incorporating elaborate paraphernalia that includes a mask surmounted by a skull (a reference to death) and three celt-shaped plaques, as the one described here. A rope extends from the belt down the leg and supports a small figure of Chac, the rain god. The complex headgear incorporates a ferocious skull, jade beads, and a jester god mask, the symbol of rulers. On the reverse, the principal elements of the incised glyphic text include the presentation of an object (perhaps a badge or a celt) to the ruler portrayed here, possibly called Machaak, and a date suggesting that his death ("he entered the water") took place nine days after the presentation of the object. The Maya believed that at death an individual entered the watery Maya Underworld (Xibalba) before being reborn in the afterlife and rejoining the sky. |
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Maya Jade Deity Pendant - Guatemala
300 AD to 900 AD Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1]
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Maya Jade Deity Pendant - Guatemala Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1]
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Jade Ornament Maya style (250-900) Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Jade Ornament Maya style (250-900) Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Maya Jade Deity Pendant Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1]
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Late Classic Maya
Southwest region Sun God pendant, A.D. 750850 Jadeite H. 1 5/8" (4.1 cm); W. 7/8" (2.2 cm)
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Guatemala - Maya Greenstone Mosaic Mask - 28 cm. in height. - Classic Lowland MayaInstitute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Head Pendant, 6th–9th
century Guatemala; Maya Jade (jadeite); H. 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection
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Maya Polished Stone Mask - Guatemala
500 AD to 900 AD Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1] |
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Jade deity head pendant Maya - Guatemala - Ht. 1 3/4" 250 450 AD |
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Guatemala
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Jade Necklace. - Preclassic through Postclassic
Lowland Maya Institute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Guatemala - Maya Greenstone Animal
Figurine - 15 cm. in length. - Lowland Maya Institute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Maya Jade Turtle - Guatemala Private Collection object - unknown provenience |
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Guatemala - Maya Greenstone Mask - 10 to 17 cm.. in height. -Preclassic Lowland MayaInstitute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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camahuile / Ornamental Celt museo popol vuh |
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camahuile / Ornamental Celt museo popol vuh
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Mayan Polished Stone Pendant With Incised
Glyphs - Guatemala 500 AD to 1000 AD Private Collection object - unknown provenience
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Mayan Polished Stone Pendant With Incised
Glyphs - Guatemala 500 AD to 1000 AD Private Collection object - unknown provenience
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Guatemala
- Maya
Jade Ear Plug -
3.5 to 9 cm. in height. - Preclassic
through Postclassic Lowland Maya Institute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Pair of Earflare Frontals,
3rd–6th century,
Guatemala; Maya Jadeite; H. 2 in. (5.1 cm) |
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Guatemala
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Jade Pendant/Bead
- 3 to 6.5 cm. in height. - Preclassic
through Postclassic Lowland Maya Institute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Guatemala - Maya Jade & Greenstone Plugs and Beads. - Classic Highland MayaInstitute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala |
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Maya Jadeite Pendant - Guatemala
500 AD to 1000 AD Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1]
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Guatemala
- Maya
Jade Pendant/Bead
- 3 to 6.5 cm. in height. - Preclassic
through Postclassic Lowland Maya Institute of Anthropology and History, Ministry of Culture and Sports of Guatemala
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Eccentric Flint Guatemala, Quirigua, Maya style (250-900) Eccentric flints are so-called for their unusual shapes, among them intricately silhouetted figures like this one. At the forehead of the main profile face is a smoking torch, the insignia of a deity (known today as God K) closely linked to rulers. Smaller faces appear on three protrusions. Some flints perhaps served as scepters; they also were buried as offerings beneath buildings and sculptures. Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Scepter with Profile Figures, 7th–8th century Guatemala; Maya Flint; H. 13 5/8 in. (34.6 cm) The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection |
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Jadeite rock from Guatemala |
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Maya Jadeite Figurine - Guatemala | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Honduras Jade & Stone |
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Honduras - El Cajon Jade
Figurine - Jade -Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late Classic Lenca/Maya
Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia |
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Deity Figure, 3rd–6th
century Honduras; Maya - Jade (jadeite), cinnabar; H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm) The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection |
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Mayan Jade Mask Pectoral - Honduras Private Collection object - unknown provenience
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Honduras - El Cajon
Cobble Pendant -Personal Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late
Classic Lenca/Maya Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia
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Honduras - El Cajon
Cobble Pendant - Personal Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late
Classic Lenca/Maya Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia
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Honduras - El Cajon
Cobble Pendant - Personal Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late
Classic Lenca/Maya Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia |
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Honduras - El Cajon Cobble Pendant - Personal Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late Classic Lenca/MayaInstituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia
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Honduras - El Cajon Cobble Pendant - Ornament
Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late Classic Lenca/Maya Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia |
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Honduras - El Cajon Jade Disc - Personal
Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late Classic Lenca/Maya Instituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia |
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Honduras - El Cajon Plate Pendant - Personal Ornament Jade - Approx. 2-5 cm. in height. - Late Classic Lenca/MayaInstituto Hondureño de Antropología e Historia |
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Maya Jade Palma/Scepter - Honduras Private Collection object - unknown provenience [1]
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Copan Belt Pendant Celt | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Copan Maya Jade Copper Bell Necklace
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Jade Head Ornament Honduras, Copan, Maya, 7th-10th Century Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Carved Polished Stone Vessel Northwest Honduras, Ulúa Valley, 8th-10th century 700-1000 Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Jade portrait head
inscribed with glyphs -
Maya, Late Classic period
(AD 600-800) From Comayagua, Honduras - Height: 15.2 cm Width: 10 cm
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