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    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Pendant in the Shape of a Fish

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    500–1 B.C.
    Medium: 

    Spondylus, mother-of-pearl, and greenstone

    Accession Number: 
    2017.14.44
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya or Izapa
    Period: 
    Middle Formative to Late Formative Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Carved bone

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    A.D. 300–900
    Medium: 

    Bone with cinnabar

    Accession Number: 
    2018.45.125
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
    Period: 
    Early to Late Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    Not on view
    Collection Objects
    Art of the Ancient Americas

    Carved Tooth

    Artist: Unknown
    Date: 
    100 B.C.–A.D. 600
    Medium: 

    Tooth

    Accession Number: 
    2018.45.126
    Culture: 
    Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
    Period: 
    Early Classic Period
    Classification: 
    Jewelry
    Status: 
    Not on view