Necklace and Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

Necklace and Nose Ornament

Date
150–200 CE
Medium
jadeite-albitite?, gold
Culture
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
155556

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Near Teotihuacán’s largest palace is a temple ornamented with green-feathered serpents, symbols of the earth’s fertility. Beneath the temple were at least 120 human sacrifices, most men, many warriors, and some wearing greenstone ornaments like these, perhaps a set. The sacrifices may have consecrated the temple or a ruler’s tomb, or both.

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Credit line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
Provenance
?-1965: Valetta Swan,1965, to James C. and Florence C. Gruener | 1965-1990: James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art | 1990: The Cleveland Museum of Art

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