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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 2495243, member: 2844&quot;]And rightly so, this bears no relation at all to pre-Classic Maya, which is the period around 750 BC.</p><p>At the time the Maya were already developing the style we recognize as distinctly Maya, with beautifully carved heads which conform with the Maya ideal of an oval face with an aquiline nose. The round head with rather flat face in the seller&#039;s carving are very different.</p><p>The clothing would be a decorated loin cloth, sometimes a decorated cape as well. The bodies are covered in jewellery, which also covers the shoulder part of the cape. They usually wear an elaborate crown or have their hair tied up on top of the head.</p><p>On the seller&#039;s carving the draped garment which covers the entire body and fits close around the neck has nothing to do with pre-Classic or even Classic Maya clothing. The hairstyle of the figure would probably have been regarded as highly uncivilized by the pre-Classic Maya.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These are pre-Classic Maya:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267175[/ATTACH]</p><p><img src="https://www.ancient.eu/img/r/p/500x600/8624.jpg?v=1569519362" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><a href="https://www.ancient.eu/article/1218/interview-preclassic-maya/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ancient.eu/article/1218/interview-preclassic-maya/" rel="nofollow">https://www.ancient.eu/article/1218/interview-preclassic-maya/</a></p><p><br /></p><p>It is probably a replica of something in Europe or Western Asia. It has nothing to do with Maya culture. If you like it and it is cheap, go ahead and buy it.</p><p>But if you want a genuine Maya piece, don&#039;t buy.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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