Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

Ear Ornament

Date
150–200 CE
Medium
jadeite-albitite(?)
Culture
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style, Classic period
Department
Art of the Americas
Institution
Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID
155561

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Near Teotihuacán's largest palace is a small temple gorgeously ornamented with green-feathered serpents, symbols of the earth's fertility. Beneath the temple lie at least 120 human sacrifices, most men, many warriors, and some wearing greenstone ornaments like these, perhaps a set. The sacrifices, apparently laid out to mark the cardinal directions, 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
Valetta Swan | 1965: James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland | (Valetta Swan); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1965

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  • Representative object from the topic Pre-Columbian Body Adornment
    Pre-Columbian Body Adornment

    These objects are personal ornaments and jewelry worn by ancient Mesoamerican and Andean cultures, including ear ornaments, nose ornaments, plaques, and costume decorations made from precious metals, stone, shell, and ce

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