A Maya Tripod Plate with Maize God, Classic Maya Period, ca. 600 - 800 CE Amulets - Power Set on a 20-inch 14K

Set on a 20-inch 14K gold chain

which may symbolize his family

often considered a treasured personal possession

The use of dark obsidian

acquired in the 1960s

A Maya Tripod Plate with Maize God, Classic Maya Period, ca. 600 - 800 CE Amulets - Power Set on a 20-inch 14KPainted Mayan pottery such as this example was used for feasting, ritual purposes, and as prestigious gifts given to emphasize the power of the giver and bind the recipient to them through a form of purchased loyalty. Maya kings and queens might give them to local governors. The artists who created them were also often minor royalty or nobility, especially the ones who could paint glyphs, as literacy was reserved for the Mayan elite. This large