Head of serpent Carver: Unknown

1300–1521

Art of the Ancient Americas

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center
Medium

Dark green jade

Dimensions

5/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in. (0.8 × 2.25 × 0.93 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen

Accession Number

1958.14.61b

Geography

Mexico

Culture

Mexico, possibly Aztec

Period

Late Postclassic Period

Classification

Jewelry

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Provenance
Fred H. Olsen (1891–1986), and Florence Quittenton Olsen, Guilford, Conn. (Olsen #224b); gift in 1958 to Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • George A. Kubler, ed., Pre-Columbian Art of Mexico and Central America (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1986), 52, 221, no. 60, fig. 40
Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
Additional information

Object/Work type

animal art, jewelry

Subject

serpents

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