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Necklace with Effigy Pendant

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Mayan Jade

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Mesoamerican

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The Maya greatly valued jade and wore it as a symbol of wealth and fertility. Typically only the wealthiest people, particularly kings, wore and were buried wearing jade. Jade’s color “was associated with the Maize God and evoked his eternal youth and vigor” (Meisler 2004).

Jade bead necklace with human face effigy pendant

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