Cleveland Museum of Art
Pendant Plaque
- Date
- c. 500–700
- Medium
- jade
- Culture
- Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, 6th-8th Century
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This exceptionally large and elaborate plaque depicts a human being costumed as a jaguar, with claws on hands and feet, and a jaguar-head helmet. At the Zapotec capital, Monte Albán, dignitaries in feline garb are portrayed in several relief sculptures. A pendant similar to this one was found in an architectural dedicatory offering deposit at Monte Albán.
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