Circular jade stone pendant with a circle cut out of the middle / Mesoamerican; Mayan

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Circular stone pendant with a circle cut out of the middle.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Circular jade stone pendant with a circle cut out of the middle

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Mayan

Date:

Unknown

Period:

Mesoamerican Prehistoric

Place:

México

Materials/Techniques:

jade

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Pendant

Accession No:

55.191

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 1 11/100in. (2.8cm)
Width: 3 45/64in. (9.4cm)
Length: 4 1/8in. (10.5cm)

Tags and Search Terms

Tags:

adornment, Art, Ceremonial, jewelry, Kravis Discovery Center, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian

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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Circular jade stone pendant with a circle cut out of the middle. 55.191. Kravis Discovery Center. Unknown. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/55191 (05/31/2017).

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