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THBLot of 4 Maya Carved Stone Skull Amulets
Lot 73
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient art from Egypt, Greece, Italy and the Near East, as well as Asian, Pre-Columbian, Native American, African / Tribal / Oceanic, Spanish Colonial, Russian Icons, Fine art, much more! All categories, all price ranges... all legally acquired and guaranteed to be as described or your money back. Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Pre-Columbian, Southern Mexico to Guatemala, Maya, Classic Period, ca. 250 to 600 CE. A group of four skull-shaped pendants, skillfully carved from a white stone, each one with 4 hand-drilled perforations through the sides for suspension. The skulls are incised with circles and lines to create circular eyes, nose cavities, and toothy grins. These may have been amulets or pendants used for ceremonial rituals! Size of largest: 1" L x .75" W (2.5 cm x 1.9 cm)
Skulls were a popular, if not morbid, motif in much of Maya art. One may ask, does this represent a trophy head? Disembodied heads were a near-universal constant in Mesoamerican imagery for millennia; however, by the Classic Maya period it seems likely that the practice of taking of actual trophy heads, for the most part, had been replaced by a practice of using skulls as the ball in their ballgame. One example of this is in the Popol Vuh, a text recounting the history and mythology of the Kiche Maya of the Guatemalan Highlands, where a decapitated head is used instead of a rubber ball.
Provenance: ex-Dr. David Harner collection, Arkansas, USA, 1950s to 1960s
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#161361Natural pitting of the stone surface. Softening of details on some. Nicks and chips to peripheries. Perforations are filled in by earthen encrustations on 3 and are not wearable. Light mineral deposits on all.Condition
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