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A MAYAN EXPERIENCE
HAND CARVED MAYAN
JADE
BURIAL MASK
A FANTASTIC PIECE OF MAYAN HISTORY AND ART
SELLING IN THE SHOPS AND MARKET PLACE FOR $900 AND UP
USING THE BEST JADEITE ( JADE )
FOUND IN THE WORLD TODAY
INCLUDED IS A PIECE OF THE JADE ROCK USED IN THE MAKING OF THIS MASK AS A BASE FOR THE MASK TO SIT ON
JADE BURIAL MASK OF
LORD QUETZAL
K' UK' AHAU
THE 18TH. RULER OF TIKAL
PERHAPS ONE OF THE MORE COLORFUL AND MYSTERIOUS FINDS FROM THE ANCIENT MAYAN CITY OF TIKAL IS THE GREEN JADE BURIAL MASK DISCOVERED IN THE TOMB OF WHAT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THE
18 TH. RULER OF TIKAL - LORD QUETZAL
THE ORIGNAL MASK IS THOUGHT TO DATE TO THE EARLY 6TH. CENTURY
THE HOOKED BILL ON THE MASK RESEMBLES
THE QUETZAL BIRD
THE NATIONAL BIRD OF GUATEMALA
THE ROYAL BIRD OF THE MAYA
THE ORIGINAL MASK IS ON DISPLAY IN GUATEMALA CITY AT THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF HISTORY AND ANTHROPOLOGY
THE MASK WAS ALSO FEATURED IN
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1987
TIKAL
TIKAL IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ARCHEOLOGICAL SITES IN THE MAYA WORLD
FOUND IN THE NORTHERN EASTERN GUATEMALAN DEPARTMENT CALLED
THE PETEN JUNGLE
THROUGHOUT MUCH OF THE CLASSIC PERIOD TIKAL WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST POWERFUL CITIES IN THE MAYAN WORLD
THE CITY WAS LEFT UNDISCOVERED BY THE SPANISH CONQUEST AND THEREFORE UNTOUCHED
THE CITY HAS SOME OF THE HIGHEST TEMPLES OF ANY MAYAN CITY AND IS A WONDERFUL AND MYSTIC PLACE TO VISIT
JADE
MYSTIC STONE OF LIFE AND ETERNAL LOVE
THE MAYAN CULTURE HIGHLY PRIZED JADE
USED BY PRIESTS AND THE WEALTHY NOBILITY FOR THEIR ART AND ORNAMENTATION AND TO HELP THEM PAY THEIR WAY IN THE AFTER LIFE
JADE WAS ASSOCIATED BY THE MAYA WITH FERTILITY - GREENESS OF YOUNG MAIZE ( CORN ) AND THE LIFE - GIVING WATER OF RIVERS
SIMILARLY THE LIFE GIVING ESSENCE OF A JADE MASK PLACED ON THE FACE AND JADE BEADS THAT WHERE FREQUENTLY PLACED IN THE MOUTHS OF THE DEAD WOULD BE ABSORBED BY THE SPIRIT OF THE DECEASED AND INSURE HIS CONTINUED SPIRITUAL SURVIVAL
JADE WAS FOUND AND MINED IN THE REMOTE MOTAGUA VALLEY IN GUATEMALA
THE JADEITE FOUND HERE IS OF THE BEST QUALITY IN THE WORLD AND RANGES IN COLOR FROM BLACK TO VARIOUS SHADES OF GREEN AND WHITE
JADEITE
JADE IS THE TERM GIVEN TO SIMILAR GEM MATERIALS CALLED JADEITE AND NEPHRITE
JADEITE IS HARDER - DENSER AND SCARCER THAN NEPHRITE
IT IS FOUND IN A WIDE RANGE OF COLORS AND TAKES A HIGH POLISH
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
SILICATE OF SODIUM - ALUMINIUM - IRON AND OTHERS
HARDNESS IN THE MOHS - SCALE
6.5 TO 7.0
COUNTRIES THE BEST JADE IS FOUND IN
GUATEMALA - BURMA - RUSSIA AND CANADA
MAYAN EXCELLENCE IN ART
THE BROTHERS OLIVEO
FROM THE SMALL VILLAGE OF SAN PEDRO
THE BROTHERS CARRY ON THE TRADITION OF THEIR ANCIENT FOREFATHERS - IN THE HAND CREATION OF THESE ANCIENT MAYAN JADE MASKS
THE MOSAIC PIECES OF THE JADE TO BE FABRICATED ARE DRAWN ON A WOODEN MODEL OF A HEAD - IT IS LIKE FITTING TOGETHER A JIGSAW PUZZLE
FEATURES ARE EMPHASISED BY USING VARIOUS COLORS OF BLACK - GREEN AND WHITE JADE
THE MASKS ARE HAND MADE FOLLOWING AN EXACT PATTERN TO REPRODUCE THE ORIGINAL MASK IN ALL DETAILS
IT TAKES THE BROTHERS 21 TO 30 DAYS TO COMPLETE ONE MASK
MAYA
THE BEST KNOWN OF THE PRE-CONQUEST INDIAN CIVILIZATIONS OF THE PRESENT CENTRAL AMERICAN AREA ARE THE MAYA. THOUGHT TO HAVE EVOLVED IN A PERIOD IN THE PACIFIC HIGHLANDS OF GUATEMALA AND EL SALVADOR BETWEEN 1500 BC AND 100 AD. THE MAYA CIVILIZATION WAS BASED ON INDEPENDENT AND ANTAGONISTIC CITY STATES. FAR FROM BEING THE PEACEFUL CEREMONIAL CENTERS, THEY WERE WARRING ADVERSARIES, STRIVING TO CAPTURE VICTIMS FOR SACRIFICE. ROYAL BLOOD BEING THE MOST PRECIOUS OFFERING THAT COULD BE MADE TO THE GODS
ALONGSIDE THE PREOCCUPATION WITH BLOOD WAS AN ARTISTIC TRADITION RICH IN CEREMONY, FOLKLORE AND DANCE. THEIR TOOLS AND WEAPONS WERE FLINT AND HARD STONE , OBSIDIAN AND FIRE-HARDENED WOOD
THE ANCIENT MAYA MADE EXQUISITE POTTERY - CARVINGS AND MASKS FROM CLAY, STONE, WOOD, GOLD JADE, OBSIDIAN AND SHELL
MAYAN ARTISANS KEEPING THERE CULTURE AND HISTORY ALIVE
SIZE
DOES NOT INCLUDE THE JADE ROCK BASE
MASK ONLY
5 " WIDE
6 " HIGH
THIS MASK IS ALSO BE MADE IN A SMALLER AND LARGER SIZE
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