Plaque
600-900 C.E.
Maya
Arts of the Americas
Like the Olmec, the Maya associated jade with water and fertility. It was the preferred stone for denoting status, prestige, and sacredness—qualities that explain why it was used for this pendant depicting a nobleman or a ruler. The figure is shown seated crosslegged and in profile, wearing an elaborate headdress adorned with long feathers.
- Maker/Artist
- Maya
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- Jadeite
- Medium
- jadeite
- Locations
- Possible place made: Guatemala, Possible place made: Chiapas, Mexico
- Period
- Late Classic Period
- Dimensions
- 1 1/2 x 2 3/16 in. (3.8 x 5.6 cm)
- Departments
- Arts of the Americas
- Accession Number
- L56.10.2
- Credit Line
- Lent by The Guennol Collection
- Rights Statement
- Creative Commons-BY
- Museum Location
- Arts of the Americas Galleries, 5th Floor
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