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"tombstone": "Shell with Seated Noble, 600\u2013900. Mexico or Central America, Maya. Conch shell; overall: 16.6 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm (6 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection, 1965.550",
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"title": "Shell with Seated Noble",
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"title": "The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art",
"description": "The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (May 17-August 24, 1986); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 8-December 14, 1986).",
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"title": "The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea",
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"title": "Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World",
"description": "Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto M5S 2C6, Canada (organizer) (November 19, 2011-April 9, 2012); Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Canada (May 17-October 28, 2012).",
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"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 10- October 16, 1966. \" Golden Anniversary Acquisitions.\" Cat. no. 49. repr. p. 278.",
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"description": "Hildesheim, Germany: Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum; June 14- December 6, 1992. Vienna, Ausria: Kunstlerhaus; January 31- June 27, 1993. Cologne, Germany: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; February 18- May 15, 1994. \"The World of the Maya.\" cat. no. 99, repr.p. 421.",
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"description": "Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; April 4- July 25, 2004. San Francisco, CA: California Palace of the Legion of Honor; September 4, 2004- January 2, 2005. \"Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya.\" exh. cat. no. 69, p. 137.",
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"description": "Boston, MA: Peabody Essex Museum; March 27- July 18, 2010. Fort Worth, TX: The Kimbell Art Museum; August 29, 2010- January 2, 2011. St. Louis, MO: The Saint Louis Art Museum; February 13- May 8, 2011. \"The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea.\" cat. no. 40, plate 35, p. 114-115 and 301.",
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"description": "Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1965, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art",
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"did_you_know": "A Maya nobleman smokes a cigar as he reaches toward a shell with a serpent.",
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