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Ancient Guerrero Mezcala Serpentine Earspool

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Ancient Guerrero Mezcala Serpentine Earspool

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**Originally Listed At $400**

Pre-Columbian, Mexico, Guerrero region, Mezcala culture, ca. 500 to 200 BCE. A beautiful serpentine stone pecked and polished into a massive earspool with a pair of drilled suspension holes within the rim of the central plug area. Mesoamerican cultures believed that ears were the conduits for spiritual energy, and so ear ornaments like these took on significant meaning. Some scholars have argued that the stretching of earlobes - done progressively through spool sizes to limit tearing and pain - may have been a rite of passage from childhood to adulthood. Size: 3.3" Diameter x 0.8" W (8.4 cm x 2 cm)

Provenance: private Stone Mountain, Georgia, USA collection; ex-Lew Deadmore collection, from the 1970s

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Condition

Stable hairline striations on surface. Nicks and wear to surface otherwise intact and very good.

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Ancient Guerrero Mezcala Serpentine Earspool

Name: Ancient Guerrero Mezcala Serpentine Earspool
SKU: 162013908
Price: 300 USD
Availability: InStock

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