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From Head to Toe in the Ancient Maya World
Clothing, jewelry, and body modification spoke volumes about people’s social status and the varied roles they played
(Photograph © 2020 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Cylinder vase. Maya, Late Classic Period, A.D. 600–800. Object Place: El Petén, Guatemala. Earthenware: orange, red, dark pink, brown, gray (originally green), and black on cream slip paint; traces of Maya Blue pigment. 17.2 x 11.8 cm (6 3/4 x 4 5/8 in.). MS1119; Kerr 764. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Gift of Landon T. Clay. 1988.1176.)