Head Fragment
c. 900–300 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Head Fragment, c. 900–300 BC. Mexico, Olmec, 1200-300 BC. Jadeite; overall: 7.4 x 6.2 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1961.31 In ancient Mesoamerica, jade was more valuable than gold.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jade
- Formatted Medium
- jadeite
- Medium
- jadeite
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.4 x 6.2 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1961.31
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- Year in Review (1961), Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, The Art of the Olmec Civilization, <em>Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest</em>, The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (January 10 - February 1,1953)., <em>Olmec: Colossal Masterworks of Ancient Mexico</em>, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (September 26, 2010- January 9, 2011); The Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 19- May 30, 2011).
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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