Jade effigy pendant / Mesoamerican

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Jade effigy pendant.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade effigy pendant

Culture:

Mesoamerican

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

Oaxaca, México

Materials/Techniques:

jade

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

55.89

Department:

Anthropology

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 0 13/25in. (1.3cm)
Width: 0 4/5in. (2.0cm)
Length: 0 23/25in. (2.3cm)

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adornment, Art, effigies, effigy, effigys, jade, jadeite, jewelry, , man, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, Oaxaca, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, prehistoric, sculpture

The Maya greatly valued jade and wore it as a symbol of wealth and fertility. Typically only the wealthiest people, particularly kings, wore and were buried wearing jade. Jade’s color “was associated with the Maize God and evoked his eternal youth and vigor” (Meisler 2004).

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Jade effigy pendant. 55.89. . Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://dci-collections.gilcrease.org/object/5589 (05/25/2017).

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