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Mayan, Jaina figural whistle of an older man.
Jaina Island is a pre-Columbian Maya archaeological site in the present-day Mexican state of Campeche. A small limestone island on the Yucatán Peninsula's Gulf coast with only a tidal inlet separating it from the mainland, Jaina served as an elite Maya burial site, and is notable for the high number of fine ceramic figurines excavated there.
Period: 600 - 900 AD
Size: 7 x 4,5 cm
Provenance: Belgium private collection, collected between 1960 - 70's.
2011TD1020 Price € 1.150,-- |