Pair of Earspools300–900 CE

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Title: Pair of Earspools
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Honduras or Guatemala
Date Made: 300–900 CE
Medium: Greenstone
Dimensions: 1 3/10 × 1 3/10 × 1 3/10 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.920a-b
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.

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Title: Pair of Earspools
Culture: Maya
Place Made: Honduras or Guatemala
Date Made: 300–900 CE
Medium: Greenstone
Dimensions: 1 3/10 × 1 3/10 × 1 3/10 in. (3.3 × 3.3 × 3.3 cm)
Credit Line: Purchased with funds provided by Camilla Chandler Frost
Accession Number: M.2010.115.920a-b
Classification: Stone
Collecting Area: Art of the Ancient Americas
Selected Bibliography: O'Neil, Megan E. Forces of Nature: Ancient Maya Arts from the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Beijing Shi: Wen wu chu ban she, 2018.
Magaloni, Diana, Davide Domenici, and Alyce de Carteret. We Live in Painting: the Nature of Color in Mesoamerican Art. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 2024.