Head Fragment
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Late Classic Period, AD 600-900
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This ceramic head displays exaggerated facial features. In many Mesoamerican cultures, people with deformities were accorded a high social status and believed to have special, sacred powers. Though its exact context and function are unknown, it may have once been attached to a larger figure.
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Maya Culture