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Art of the Ancient Americas
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Head of serpent
1300–1521
Dark green jade
0.8 × 2.25 × 0.93 cm (5/16 × 7/8 × 3/8 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Olsen
1958.14.61b
Geography:
Mexico
Culture:
Mexico, possibly Aztec
Period:
Late Postclassic Period
Classification:
Jewelry
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.
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