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Image:  2843

File date:  2003-10-27

Caption:  Shell Applique

Description:  Maya. shell. height 7.7 cm. This carved shell represents the day Ahaw. Imy be a symbolic reference to the beginning of Maya time; 4 Ahaw 8 Kumku. Published The Blood of Kings PL. 24. The Art Museum, Princeton University, Prineton, NJ PUAM# 1983-51



Photograph by Justin Kerr