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Plate IA Jade: Giant cylindrical bead, Tomb A-1/1, Altun Ha, Belize, ca. A.D. 550; length: 13.2 cm (all photos by D. Pendergast and Photography Department, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto). Plate IB Jade: Objects from Altun Ha, Belize. Top: Contorted human-figure pendant, Tomb A-1/1; length: 4.4 cm. Bottom: Unusual full-face pendant, Tomb B-4/2; width: 7. l cm. Plate IC Jade: Sawn-slab pendant with figure seated on cushion, Burial E-54/7, Altun Ha, Belize, ca. A.D. 850; height: 8.3 cm. Plate ID Jade: Human-figure pendant in Plate IIA Jade: Objects from Altun Ha, Belize. Top: Jaguar(?)head pendant, Tomb 8-4/6, ca. A.D. 650; height:4.0 cm. Bottom: Mythical-animal pendant with both beak and mouth, Tomb A-1/1; width: 4.2 cm. Plate IIB Jade: Deity-head pendant with reverse hollowed out, Tomb A-1/1, Altun Ha, Belize; height: 6.1 cm. Plate IIC Jade: Giant plaque pendant with hieroglyphic text on reverse, Tomb 8-4/6, Altun Ha, Belize; height: 20.3 cm.
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