Head of serpent Yale University Art Gallery

1300–1521

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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