- Title
- Banded Tubular Bead
- Culture
- Maya
- Date Made
- 300–900 CE
- Medium
- Greenstone
- Dimensions
- Diameter: 4/5 in. (2.032 cm); 5 x 4/5 x 3/5 in. (12.7 x 2.032 x 1.524 cm)
- Accession Number
- M.2010.115.358
- Collecting Area
- Art of the Ancient Americas
- Curatorial Notes
Classic Maya art, such as ceramic figurines, painted scenes on pottery, and sculpted stone monuments, depict elite members of society wearing tubular greenstone beads in necklaces, arm and leg cuffs, and as part of ear ornament assemblages.
Alyce de Carteret
2024