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Necklace and Nose Ornament
150-200
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
Near Teotihuacán’s largest palace is a temple ornamented with green-feathered serpents, symbols of the earth’s fertility. Beneath the temple were at least 120 human sacrifices, most men, many warriors, and some wearing greenstone ornaments like these, perhaps a set. The sacrifices may have consecrated the temple or a ruler’s tomb, or both.
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- Title: Necklace and Nose Ornament
- Date Created: 150-200
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.); Each bead: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
- Provenance: Valetta Swan,1965, to James C. and Florence C. Gruener, James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art, The Cleveland Museum of Art
- Type: Jewelry
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.263
- Medium: jadeite-albitite?, gold
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Culture: Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic Period
- Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Accession Number: 1990.263
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