Earflare Disk
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.Maya artists transformed fine materials into precious personal adornments. This shell disk (one of a pair) was excavated at the site of Holmul, Guatemala. On each disk the artist incised a portrait of a richly adorned head, likely representing an ancestor or a mythological character.
Los artistas mayas transformaron con mucha habilidad materiales finos en preciosos adornos personales. Este disco de concha (uno de dos retrata a un ancestro o ser mitológico.
Los artistas mayas transformaron con mucha habilidad materiales finos en preciosos adornos personales. Este disco de concha (uno de dos retrata a un ancestro o ser mitológico.
Artwork Details
- Title: Earflare Disk
- Date: 300–400 CE
- Geography: Guatemala
- Culture: Maya
- Medium: Shell, red pigment, traces of resin
- Dimensions: H. 1 7/8 × W. 1/8 in. (4.8 × 0.3 cm)
- Classification: Shell-Ornaments
- Credit Line: Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Peabody Museum Expedition, 1911 (11-6-20/C5619)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing