id:			126802
accession number:	1949.198
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.198
updated:		2025-02-09 01:26:46.722000

Pendant with Scribe Figure, c. 700–1000. Mexico, Mixtec?, 8th-11th Century. Jade; overall: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund 1949.198

title:				Pendant with Scribe Figure
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creation date:			c. 700–1000
creation date earliest:		700
creation date latest:		1000
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creditline:			John L. Severance Fund
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culture:	Mexico, Mixtec?, 8th-11th Century
technique:	jade
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950.  "Ancient American Gold and Jade" cat. no. 21, pg. 17, no repr.', 'opening_date': '1950-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17- December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1- February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15- May 15, 1959. Holland: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. The exhibition will continue  to Vienna and Manchester without our objects.  Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."', 'opening_date': '1958-10-17T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Brummer Collection
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
	page number: 	N3340
	url:		https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/11196/rec/1

	Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 14
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141601

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