jade mask
Stone burial face
A jade mask is a ceremonial face covering carved from jade, associated particularly with ancient Mesoamerican cultures like the Maya and Aztec, where such masks were placed on the faces of deceased rulers for burial.
The term also appears in fantasy and gaming contexts as a mysterious or magical artifact: The jade mask grants its wearer supernatural powers.
- nephriteSilicate mineral, greenish
- carvedCut to create form
- AztecAncient Mexican civilization
- MayanOf ancient Mesoamerican civilization
- burialPlacing deceased underground
burial chamber · tomb · green · precious stone · stone · ceremonial · death · afterlife journey · ancient · ancient civilization · ritual · ritual object · serpentine · emperor · Chinese · funerary · polished · precious
- ancient artifactsViking sword, bronze sculptures, antiquities, Roman coin, obsidian knife
- MayaTikal, Chichen Itza, glyphs, glyph, hieroglyphs
- Ancient Adornmentsgold pendant, gold earring, gold bracelet, shell necklace, coral necklace
- jadejadeite
- Mesoamerican symbolsjaguar, serpent, feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl, glyph
- Mesoamerican ruinsTikal, Chichen Itza, Tulum, Teotihuacan, ball court
jade maskgold mask
Face covering of precious metal
cloth mask · wooden mask · leather mask · paper mask · ceramic mask
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