Jade bead necklace with human effigy pendant / Mesoamerican; Mayan

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Jade bead necklace with human effigy pendant.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade bead necklace with human effigy pendant

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Mayan

Date:

300 - 900 CE

Period:

Classic to Epiclassic

Place:

Oaxaca, México

Materials/Techniques:

jade

Dimensions:

Overall: 8 1/2 in. (21.6 cm)

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Necklace with Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

55.152

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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anthropomorphic, Art, Ceremonial, effigies, effigy, effigys, Mayan, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, necklace, Oaxaca, pendant, 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 bead necklace with human effigy pendant. 55.152. Kravis Discovery Center. 300 - 900 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/55152 (05/25/2017).

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