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title: Maya Deity on Obsidian Flake
author: The British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/16256/maya-deity-on-obsidian-flake/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 2022-08-10
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# Maya Deity on Obsidian Flake
_Authored by The British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/16256.png)
## Image Caption
An obsidian flake from [Tikal](https://www.worldhistory.org/Tikal/), Guatemala which has been incised with a representation of a [Maya](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Maya/) [god](https://www.worldhistory.org/God/). Height: 9 cm / 3.5 in. 250-900 CE. (British Museum, London)
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Museum, T. B. (2022, August 10). Maya Deity on Obsidian Flake. *World History Encyclopedia*.
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Museum, The British. "Maya Deity on Obsidian Flake." *World History Encyclopedia*, August 10, 2022. .
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