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

Status:

By appointment, Wurtele Study Center

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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