A jade pendant depicting the Maya Maize God, Hun Hunahpu, dating from the Classic period (approximately AD 250–950). The pendant is attributed to the Maya civilization, likely from Palenque, Mexico. Maize was central to Maya culture and diet; the god is portrayed as a youth with a headdress representing corn stalks. The ancient Maya revered jade as a "living stone" associated with water, breath, and regeneration. Such pendants were often worn by elites and nobles.

Maize God Hun Hunahpu
carved jade
circa 250-950 CE
Mayan culture
Palenque, Mexico

The god is portrayed as a youth with a headdress representing corn stalks.

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Were-Jaguar maskette
jade
c. 900-600 BCE
Olmec
Mexico

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Seated figure
carved greenstone
900-600 BCE
Olmec culture
Mexico

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Anthropomorphic pendant depicting the head of a Maya lord shown in profile. The finely carved face is distinguished by a hieratic expression characteristic of elite representations, with full lips, a strongly defined nose, and almond-shaped eyes. The figure wears an elaborate headdress dominated by a stylized animal figure with an elongated snout and a prominent fang. The ear, integrated into the profile, is adorned with a circular ornament. The overall composition, with its deliberately composite and serpentiform forms, does not allow for a precise iconographic identification.

Anthropomorphic pendant
jadeite
600-900 CE
Maya
Late Classic period
Mexico

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Annette Nancarrow bronze & pre-Columbian green stone Mexican modernist cocktail ring circa 1940s - measures 1.25" diameter, adjustable band presently a size 9.5 US!

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A spectacular no doubt one of a kind Los Castillo Taxco 'metales casados' Mexican modernist necklace with a pre-Columbian jade 'bird head' carving at center front!
Designed by Chato Castillo circa 1955.

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