Cleveland Museum of Art
Bar Bead
- Date
- 250–550 CE
- Medium
- jadeite-albitite, modern black pigment
- Culture
- Mexico or Central America, Maya
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Greenstone ornaments were part of Maya nobles’ regalia. The hieroglyphs of the bead, which hung horizontally, refer to two Maya rulers.
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