Polychrome vase decorated with a scene depicting seven richly attired figures and a glyphic text below the rim, with the glyphs painted in pink. Among the figures, the use of elaborate skirts stands out, some featuring plaques and fringes in a variety of designs and colors. All figures wear headdresses, jewelry, belts, wristbands, anklets, and earflares. Vertical secondary texts are also present.  NAA paste analysis identifies the vessel as originating from Motul de San José, Petén

IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0637

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Vase

Miniature Teotihuacan-style incense. The lid depicts a figure wearing a tall headdress with zoomorphic design, with open eyes and mouth, followed by a band with four floral motifs. The face is painted red and displays open eyes, an aquiline nose with a nose ornament, earflares, and a necklace with circular beads. The figure features extended arms, holding two rectangular shields; at the center of the torso there is a horizontal band with a circular appliqué in yellow and red. The bowl has a convex base, a pedestal support, and rectangular handles on the sides. The decoration includes a central talud design, with a red horizontal band at the upper section and another at the lower section, as well as circular appliqués in the middle zone of the bowl. 

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1251
 
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Incense Burner

Codex style vase with an underworld scene. One side has a jaguar standing, surrounded by star symbols, with its jaws open, its tongue sticking out and wearing a sacrificial or wahy [way or waay] scarf. On the other side, the torso of a character with a black headdress decorated with the upper jaw of a long-lipped monster and long feathers inside of, what appears to be, a structure made of bones. The character is surrounded by nucleated eyes and has round earflares, a necklace of made of eyeballs, a square breastplate, and wristbands made of beads. The right arm is bent over the chest and the left holds a triadic plate with a femur, a severed hand and a nucleated eye. 

IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.159.0011
 
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 353

Codex-style Vase w/ Jaguar & Stars

Anthropomorphic whistle in the form of a standing dwarf with his left hand on his waist and his right arm, fractured,  extended to the side. He wears a feather headdress, a diadem decorated with discs and fringes, a hip cloth, round earflares, and an oval pectoral made of cut shell. This whistle figurine was made with a mold with details made by hand.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1405
 
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Dwarf with headdress and pectoral

Anthropomorphic whistle in the form of a standing woman holding a bowl in her right hand and a fan in her left hand. She has hair parted in two and braided with ribbons, a banded necklace with three spherical beads, circular earflares, and wristbands. Scarring on the forehead is notable.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0797
 
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Whistle Figurine

Figurine with the image of a man sitting cross-legged and playing a conch shell  trumpet. The character has slanted eyes and elongated ears. He wears round earflares with traces of yellow paint and facial decoration with yellow  stripes on his cheeks. He lacks clothing and hair. It has firing stains on his head.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1005
 
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Trumpeter

Miniature theater-type incense burner lid in the Teotihuacan style. At the center is the face of a figure, probably a warrior, decorated with a stylized butterfly nose ornament and circular earflares. With his hands, he appears to hold two banners that form part of the lateral framing elements. The upper frame of the lid is composed of a feathered headdress decorated with five discs arranged in a staggered pattern, while the lower frame consists of a horizontal band, or mantle, featuring a central medallion. NAA of the ceramic paste indicates the Pacific Coast of Guatemala as its origin or place of manufacture; examples of this style are generally found in the region of Tiquisate and La Gomera, Escuintla.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1602
 
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Miniature Lid of incense burner

Tubular earspool with a long posterior extension, featuring incised decoration and a scalloped rim, worked in shell or bone. The proximal end presents circumferential incisions and a projecting scalloped edge.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1131
 
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 335

Earspool/ Earflare

Orange tubular earspool. Its decoration consists of a dentated and punctuated rim along the inner edge.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.118.0260
 
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Earspool / Earflare

Earspools dating to the Classic period (150/200 A.D. –900 A.D. ), originating from the Guatemalan Highlands.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No.1.2.118.0253
 
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Lot with two circular green jade earspools.

IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.159.0121
 
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Lot of two square, flower-shaped ear ornaments, orange in color, made of Spondylus princeps (identification by archaeologist Julio Cotom, 2016). Although the Cultural Property Registry classifies them as earspool, they more closely resemble disks or flattened beads that were sewn onto garments or headdresses as ornaments.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No.  16.2.5.0392 "a-b"
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Lot of two square jade earspools, each with four grooves radiating from the central perforation toward each corner.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0281
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 304

Earspool/Earflare

Small bowl with lid, stuccoed and polychromed, the interior of which contains powdered red pigment. The vessel is round and decorated with blue, white and pink stucco. In the central part of the body it has a horizontal band with relief designs of human faces in profile, abstract figures and what could be phytomorphic motifs (leaves and vegetation). The lid is round and flattened with a knob-shaped handle in the shape of a head, wearing a headband decorated with incisions, his hair tied up and back, and round earflares. This vessel may have been used by a painter or scribe.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 11.2.179.0200
 
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Maya pigment container

Tubular shell earspool with an elongated posterior extension. The outer edge is cut into a floral design and further embellished with grooves.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No.  16.2.5.1231
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Set of two round jade or green stone earspools, with polished surfaces and a central perforation.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No.  16.2.5.1239
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 335

Anthropomorphic mold to manufacture figurines, with the negative image of a male character slightly kneeling on his left knee and with his right foot resting on the ground. He holds his right hand in front of his chest in a gesture, with the fingers facing up. With his left hand he holds a conch shell over his shoulder, as if listening to a conch shell or perhaps holding a conch trumpet. The hair is tied up with ribbons and fabric, with a headband decorated with a series of vertical plates above the forehead.  He wears a hip cloth with a knotted belt, hanging earflares with what appear to be animal fangs, wristlets, decorated sandals, and a beaded necklace with a rectangular breastplate. Probably from the Cobán area in Alta Verapaz
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0250
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 213

Mold of Man w/ headdress holding conch shell

Lot of two complete ear ornaments, each composed of three elements: a square earspool, a circular ear ornament inset at the center, and one tubular piece.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0282
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 288

Anthropomorphic whistle with a double chamber and double mouthpiece, with the face and head of a male character or deity. He wears a headdress with feathers towards the left side, round earflares and scarification decoration on the nasal septum. The piece is polychrome with the mouthpiece and tone holes on the top of the headdress. Traces of red, blue and white paint.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0506
 
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Anthropomorphic whistle

Lot of two jade earspools in the form of a flower.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1568
 
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 336

Lot of two complete ear ornaments, each composed of three elements: a square earspool, a circular ear ornament inset at the center, and one tubular piece.
 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 16.2.5.0282
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 240

Ceramic vase with relief decoration, featuring a whitish surface carved with the face of the GIII God, rendered using appliqué (pastillaje), grooving, and carving techniques. The face displays decorated eyes and eyebrows, ears with circular earflares, and a prominent nose with a transverse perforation.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0292
 
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 337

Vase with Representation of the GIII God

Lot of two (2) ornamental discs, or earflares, worked in jade or green stone, with the edge cut in the shape of a flower corolla. Round opening in the center. Both show old fractures.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.0672
 
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3D model made in RealityScan; Total # of images: 240

Flower-shaped earflares or discs

Orange-colored anthropomorphic figurine representing a seated woman with her legs open, nude and with an exposed bust. She has incised hair, punctuated eyes, arms resting at the waist, a visible navel, and open legs. She wears only circular earflares and a necklace of spherical beads. The registration record indicates that this piece dates to the Middle Classic period (A.D. 400–600) and originates from the Tiquisate region, Escuintla.

 IDAEH Cultural Property No. 1.2.144.1308
 
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