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Art of the Ancient Americas
Public domain
Artist: Unknown

Jade pendant

A.D. 250–1000

Polished green jade with yellowish/brown inclusions.

2.62 × 1.93 × 0.94 cm (1 × 3/4 × 3/8 in.)
Anonymous gift
2014.7.1
Geography: 
Guatemala
or Mexico
Status: 
Not on view
Culture: 
Mexico or Guatemala, Maya
Period: 
Early Classic to Late Classic Period
Classification: 
Jewelry
Provenance: 

Harmer Rooke Gallery, March 1983 Furman Hebb purchase

Bibliography: 

Sotheby’s France, Paris, Le Soleil de Nuit : Trésors Précolombiens d‘une Grande Collection Française, sale cat. (October 30, 2019), 168–69, lot 63, ill.

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.