One of a Pair of Maya Painted Earflares with Profile Deity Heads

300-600 CE (Early Classic)

0.3 cm 6.7 cm

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These ceramic ornaments were likely the front of a pair of earflares (sometimes called earspools), elaborate ornaments worn by the ancient Maya. Originally, these would have formed the front of thick bars (like those in WAM 2009.20.65). When balanced with a counterweight such...

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Fine Arts of Ancient Lands, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joyce Strauss, Denver, active ca. mid 1960s-1980s [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Merrin Gallery, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Private collection, April 1989 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 2008, by gift.
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