Jade effigy pendant / Mesoamerican; Mayan

Essay/Description

Jade effigy Pendant.

Ignacio Bernal writes, “Probably a priest, used as a pendant.”.

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Anthropology Item Information

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Title(s):

Jade effigy pendant

Culture:

Mesoamerican; Mayan

Date:

circa 600 CE

Period:

Classic

Place:

Chiapas, Mexico

Materials/Techniques:

jade

Classification:

Archaeological Objects

Object Type:

Effigy Pendant

Accession No:

61.8530

Department:

Anthropology

Collection:

Kravis Discovery Center

Not On View

Dimensions

Overall:

Height: 3 23/64in. (8.5cm)
Width: 2 61/64in. (7.5cm)
Length: 4 9/32in. (10.9cm)

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Tags:

adornment, Art, Ceremonial, Chiapas, effigies, effigy, effigys, jewelry, man, Mesoamerica, Mesoamerican, Mexican, México, México, Precolumbian, Pre-Columbian, 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 effigy pendant. 61.8530. Kravis Discovery Center. circa 600 CE. Tulsa: Gilcrease Museum, https://collections.gilcrease.org/object/618530 (06/08/2017).

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