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Object Number:	NA5897
Current Location:	Mexico and Central America Gallery Currently On Display
Culture:	Lowland Maya
Provenience:	Mexico (uncertain) Guatemala (uncertain)
Culture Area:	Central American
Period:	Late Classic
Date Made:	150-900 CE
Early Date:	150
Late Date:	900
Section:	American
Materials:	Jadeite
Iconography:	Face
Height:	5.7 cm
Credit Line:	Purchased from Porforio Aguirre, 1917

Description

Current & Past Exhibitions:

Five Thousand Years of Vanity (06 Jan 1944 - 28 Feb 1944)	View Objects in Exhibition
Mexico and Central American Gallery (16 Nov 2019)	View Objects in Exhibition
Mesoamerican Gallery (23 Mar 2001 - 2018)	View Objects in Exhibition

Bibliography:

[Book] Quick, Jennifer. 2004. Magnificent Objects from the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. ed. 1st. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 49, fig. 41	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Catalogue, Exhibition] Danien, Elin. 2002. Guide to the Mesoamerican Gallery at the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology.. Philadelphia. University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 52, pl. 36	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Mason, John A. 1943. "The Maya: American Collections: The Ancient Civilizations of Middle America". The University Museum Bulletin. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 10. no. 1-2. pg. 27-41 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 29, fig. 19	View Objects related to this Actual Citation
[Article] Mason, John A. 1927. "Native American Jades". The Museum Journal. Philadelphia. The University Museum. Vol. 18. no. 1. pg. 47-73 Actual Citation : Page/Fig./Plate: p. 59	View Objects related to this Actual Citation

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