COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
CMA_.1990.263.1.a
AMICA Library Year:
2002
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Teotihuacán
Creator Name-CRT:
Central Mexico, Teotihuacán style (1-750)
Title:
Necklace
Title Type:
Primary
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
c. 150-200
Creation Start Date:
150
Creation End Date:
200
Materials and Techniques:
jadeite-albitite (?)
Classification Term:
Jewelry
Style or Period:
Teotihuacán style (AD1-750)
Dimensions:
Overall:
AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number:
1990.263.1.a
Credit Line:
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
Provenance:
(Valetta Swan); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1965
Context:
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.
Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.AM20020856.tif
