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Object Number 63-32-20/23395

Display Title One fragment of white and green jade carving - serpent head - partially decompos

Descriptions

Object Description Effigy, portion (head: animal), jade; One fragment of white and green jade carving - serpent head - partially decomposed. 14 x 34 (imcomplete) x 3.2 mm

Inventory Description Stone, ground stone, ornament, carved, polished, perforated, broken

Classification

Ornament

Department Archaeological

Culture

Maya

Geography/Provenience/Site Name

Central America / Mexico / Yucatan / <County> / <City> / Chichen Itza

Intrasite Sacred Cenote

Materials Greenstone

Dimensions Overall: 3.4 x 1.4 x 0.4 cm (1 5/16 x 9/16 x 3/16 in.)

Quantity 1

Label on object 63-32-20/23395

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Object Number	Title	Classification	Geography/Provenience
63-32-20/23386	Four fragments (assempled) of reworked light green dull jade plaque - partially	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23396.1	6 fragments of 2 jade serpent heads thin, carved on both sides max. size 57.5 x	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23399	One fragment of flat two-sided carving - jade fish. 18.5 x 6.2 x 30 mm	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23403	One fragment of thin dark green and black jade flat carving 27x 23x 3 mm.	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23381	One small flat perforated green-gray speckled jade rectangle made from carving.	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23397	One scorpion or snake tail fragment of pale green carved jade - decomposed - 7	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23373	Three fragments of jade carved disc--serpent motif; Thickness 3.1 mm max. Diamet	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/21991	Small carved jade ornament, serpent head, low relief	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/22099	Small jade carving, bird head	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23396	6 fragments of 2 jade serpent heads thin, carved on both sides max. size 57.5 x	Pendant	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23374	Four fragments of green and white jade carved disc (5 circle design) - some deco	Ornament	Chichen Itza
63-32-20/23404	One part of flat pale grayish green grained jade carving 20.5x 23x 5mm	Ornament	Chichen Itza

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