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MAYA JAINA PRIEST
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Pre AD 1000 item# 685446 (stock# 0203)
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Kent Bond Gallery
813-988-2663
1500.00
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Highly adorned priest, standing with both hands raised palms forward, tight fitting headdress with a bird on the top, tips of wings chipped, side and central tassels, jade ear spools and necklace worn over a chest mantle with incised line patterns also the knee length tunic, plus wrist bands. Beautifully molded face with open mouth and teeth showing. Rattle figure, excellent, left hand restored. White pigment remains. 5 5/8" high Mexico Maya Jaina Island 650-950 AD
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COSTA RICAN JADE BIRD
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Pre AD 1000 item# 468414 (stock# 0177)
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Kent Bond Gallery
813-988-2663
1375.00
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A beautifully mottled dark and light green jade carved bird form pendent. This piece is so similar to #47 in "Between Continents/Between Seas: Precolumbian Art of Costa Rica, that they may be by the same hand. The central crest on the larger mace [#47] is another bird and this one is probably a more stylized version. Incised line patterns on both sides and over the middle "handle" that forms the suspension hole. 2 1/2" long excellent except for a tiny,tiny repaired chip to th ...click for details
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