Jade effigy pendant of seated figure / Mesoamerican; Mayan

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Jade effigy. Seated figure.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade effigy pendant of seated figure

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Mayan

Date:

300 - 900 CE

Period:

Classic to Epiclassic

Materials/Techniques:

jadeite

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

55.229

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

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Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 0 4/25in. (0.4cm)
Width: 1 17/20in. (4.7cm)
Length: 3 25/64in. (8.6cm)

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Tags:

adornment, Art, carved, Ceremonial, ceremonies, chairs, effigies, effigy, effigys, headdresses, jade, jewelry, man, Mayan, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, prehistoric, rituals (events), sculpture, Seated, Sitting, spool

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 of seated figure. 55.229. Kravis Discovery Center. 300 - 900 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/55229 (05/24/2017).

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