Cleveland Museum of Art
Deity Plaque
- Date
- c. 300–600 CE
- Medium
- jade
- Culture
- Mexico or Central America, Maya
- Department
- Art of the Americas
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Depicted as an elderly man with a conch shell on his back, this plaque probably portrays God N, the deity who supports the sky. In ancient Mesoamerica, jade was more valuable than gold.
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