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Pendant Plaque
c. 500-700
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
This exceptionally large and elaborate plaque depicts a human being costumed as a jaguar, with claws on hands and feet, and a jaguar-head helmet. At the Zapotec capital, Monte Albán, dignitaries in feline garb are portrayed in several relief sculptures. A pendant similar to this one was found in an architectural dedicatory offering deposit at Monte Albán.
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Details
- Title: Pendant Plaque
- Date Created: c. 500-700
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 15.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 cm (5 15/16 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
- Provenance: Brummer Collection, Brummer Collection
- Type: Jade
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.358
- Medium: jade
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, 6th-8th Century
- Credit Line: John L. Severance Fund
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Accession Number: 1948.358
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