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Exploring the Early Americas The Jay I. Kislak Collection
Earspool with Four Incised Glyphs (33.4)

Guatemalan Lowlands. Maya, AD 200–400.
Light green jade and red cinnabar.
Jay I. Kislak Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (33.4)
Photo ©Justin Kerr, Kerr Associates

Earspool with Four Incised Glyphs 

This earspool is made of jade with hieroglyphs highlighted with cinnabar. In Maya art, earspools are typically associated with themes of centrality and opposition. This example includes four bird-like deities that have directional symbols on their foreheads.
 

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