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Tortuguero Box

Torus
A.D. 489

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the Maya Inscribed Torus
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CODEX-STYLE VASE: TEXT WITH SIXTY HIEROGLYPHS
Guatemalan Lowlands
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 700-900
Red and black-on-cream ceramic
Ht. 15.5 cm (6.12"); Diam. 14.5 cm (5.75")
Kislak PC 0188
FIGURINE WITH HOLLOW BODY  
(left)
Mexico; Jaina Island
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 600-900
Painted ceramic
Ht. 25.5 cm (10")
Kislak PC 0170
FIGURINE WITH DETACHABLE HEAD
(right)
Mexico; Jaina Island
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 600-900
Polychrome ceramic
Ht. 22 cm (8 .6")
Kislak PC 0171
PAIR OF COMPOUND EARSPOOLS
Guatemalan Lowlands
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 700-900
Carved bone and jade
Diam. 4 cm (1.5")
Kislak PC 0142
JADE PENDANT: GOD "N" EMERGING FROM SHELL
(left)
Guatemalan Lowlands
Early Classic Maya
A.D. 300-600
Green jade.
Ht. 5.7 cm (2.25")
Kislak PC 0207
JADE PENDANT: DEITY EMERGING FROM SERPENT'S MOUTH
(right)
Mexico; Jaina Island
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 700-900
Apple green jade
L. 5 cm (2 ")
Kislak PC 0148
LARGE JADE PLAQUE: FAT LORD AND FROG
Guatemalan Lowlands
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 700-900
Light green jade
L. 11.8 cm (4.12"); Ht. .7.7 cm (3"); D. 1.3 cm (.5")
Kislak PC 0145
FRAGMENT OF HIEROGLYPHIC MONUMENT
Guatemalan Lowlands,
Chama style
Late Classic Maya
10th Century
Carved limestone
58.8 x 86.5 cm (23" x 34")
86.2.0.1
PORTRAIT HEAD OF WARRIOR
Yucatán Peninsula
Late Classic Maya
A.D. 600-900
Limestone with remains of pigment
Ht. 42 cm (16.5")
Kislak PC 0204
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Author information: Justin Kerr, Lee Parsons

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