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Art of the Ancient Americas
Carver: Unknown
Pendant Plaque with Human Figure
A.D. 600–900
Jade
5.2 × 4.7 × 1.6 cm (2 1/16 × 1 7/8 × 5/8 in.)
Stephen Carlton Clark, B.A. 1903, Fund
1973.88.35g
Geography:
Guatemala
or Mexico
Culture:
Mexico or Guatemala
Period:
Late Classic Period
Classification:
Sculpture
Provenance:
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn.; gift in 1973 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography:
“Acquisitions, 1973,” Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 35, no. 1 (Summer 1974): 78.
George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 104–5, 262, no. 215, fig. 103.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
