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Mayan Jade : Maya Jade-Like Stone Pendant
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Maya Jade-Like Stone Pendant - PF.3364
Origin: Guatemala
Circa: 550
AD
to 850
AD
Collection: Pre-Columbian
Style: Mayan
Medium: Stone
$4,800.00
Location: United States
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To assert lordly power, chiefs and kings wore
jewelry representing the jaguar. The jaguar was
the most feared and revered beast in Meso-
America. The big cat played a prominent
religious role in Ancient Maya civilization. Jaguar
gods were present in every major Meso-
American civilization, but jaguars were important
shamanic creatures, as well. In states of ritual
transformation, humans changed themselves
into jaguars from at least Olmec times onward.
The obvious characteristic of this mysterious
carving is the jaguar nose and mouth. The other
carvings may indicate glyphs, esoteric meanings
or other symbolic animal characteristics. Your
imagination will be engrossed in deciphering
this carving. A chief or king may have worn this
during a ritual ceremony to assert his power and
supernatural association with the jaguar. This
pendant captures our attention and triggers our
imagination to the fascinating artistic world of
the Maya.
- (PF.3364)
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