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Jade plaque of a Maya king, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Classic period, 600-900 CE. The scene on this plaque, carved in the " Nebaj style", shows a Maya lord seated on a throne with a smaller figure at his feet. The lord wears earplugs, a large pectoral, armlets and wristlets, a belt with a mounted head and a zoomorphic headdress with long feathers. On his left arm he carries a shield with a representation of the Jaguar God of the Underworld. Ethno, 1938.10-21.25.

Jade plaque of a Maya king, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Classic period, 600-900 CE. The scene on this plaque, carved in the " Nebaj style", shows a Maya lord seated on a throne with a smaller figure at his feet. The lord wears earplugs, a large pectoral, armlets and wristlets, a belt with a mounted head and a zoomorphic headdress with long feathers. On his left arm he carries a shield with a representation of the Jaguar God of the Underworld. Ethno, 1938.10-21.25.
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Jade plaque of a Maya king, Teotihuacan, Mexico, Classic period, 600-900 CE. The scene on this plaque, carved in the " Nebaj style", shows a Maya lord seated on a throne with a smaller figure at his feet. The lord wears earplugs, a large pectoral, armlets and wristlets, a belt with a mounted head and a zoomorphic headdress with long feathers. On his left arm he carries a shield with a representation of the Jaguar God of the Underworld. Ethno, 1938.10-21.25
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British Museum, London, Great Britain
Credit:
Erich Lessing / Album
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3416 x 4000 px | 39.1 MB
Print size:
28.9 x 33.9 cm | 11.4 x 13.3 in (300 dpi)
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