Greenstone Figures

Teotihuacan culture (maker unknown) · Greenstone; the consulted official sources do not identify the mineral · Early Classic period, 200–250 CE · Zona arqueológica de Teotihuacan

These two green figures were buried together at the far end of a tunnel under a pyramid.

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