Jade bead necklace with human face effigy pendant / Mesoamerican

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Jade beads and human face effigy pendant.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade bead necklace with human face effigy pendant

Culture:

Mesoamerican

Date:

Unknown

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

Oaxaca, México

Materials/Techniques:

jade

Dimensions:

Overall: 10 in. (25.4 cm)

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Necklace with Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

55.153

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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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 face effigy pendant. 55.153. Kravis Discovery Center. Unknown. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/55153 (05/25/2017).

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