Cleveland Museum of Art

Ornament

Date

250–550 CE

Medium

jadeite

Culture

Mexico or Central America, Maya

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

Greenstone ornaments were part of Maya nobles' regalia. This comes from an ornament that was cut in half in antiquity. The original, twice as wide, probably hung from an elaborate belt, crucial to royal costume.

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