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Object Number
10-71-20/C6668
Display Title
Pendant of human figure wearing bar pectoral ornament
Descriptions
Object Description
Jade picture plaque; carved with finely polished surface, Nebaj-style; reconstructed with some infilling. Depicts seated ruler with long-nose god headdress, diety faces form border of plaque. Broken and repaired in antiquity; broken up and burned prior to deposition in Cenote.
Inventory Description
Ground stone, ornament, pendant, greenstone, tablet, seated human figure
Classification
- Pendant
Department
Archaeological
Culture
- Maya
- Terminal Classic (Mesoamerica)
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Central America
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Mexico
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Yucatan
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<City>
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Chichen Itza
Intrasite
Sacred Cenote
Materials
Greenstone
Dimensions
Overall: 11.5 x 14 cm (4 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.)
Quantity
1
Label on object
10-71-20/C6668
Credit Line
Peabody Museum Expedition, E. H. Thompson, Director, 1910
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