Jade human face effigy pendant / Mesoamerican

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Jade human effigy.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade human face effigy pendant

Culture:

Mesoamerican

Date:

Unknown

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

Guerrero, México

Materials/Techniques:

jadeite

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

55.148

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 0 91/100in. (2.3cm)
Width: 1 2/5in. (3.6cm)
Length: 2 1/25in. (5.2cm)

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 human face effigy pendant. 55.148. Kravis Discovery Center. Unknown. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/55148 (05/25/2017).

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