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Earflare Disk

Maya

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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.

Earflare Disk, Shell, red pigment, traces of resin, Maya

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