id:			136813
accession number:	1961.31
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1961.31
updated:		2025-07-02 19:49:26.569000

Head Fragment, c. 900–300 BCE. Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec. 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

title:				Head Fragment
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creation date:			c. 900–300 BCE
creation date earliest:		-900
creation date latest:		-300
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Mesoamerica, Mexico, Olmec
technique:	jadeite
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Jade
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measurements: Overall: 7.4 x 6.2 x 5 cm (2 15/16 x 2 7/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review (1961)
	opening date:   1961-11-01T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review (1961)</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 1-26, 1961).

	title:		Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
	opening date:   1991-06-07T04:00:00
	<i>Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).

	title:		The Art of the Olmec Civilization
	opening date:   1996-06-30T04:00:00
	<i>The Art of the Olmec Civilization</i>. National Gallery of Art (organizer) (June 30-October 20, 1996).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<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).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-10T05:00:00Z'}

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PROVENANCE

	(John Wise, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: ?-1961
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1961-
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RELATED WORKS

	id: 		137109
	Drawing of Olmec Jade Head, 1930–57. Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957). Pen and ink over graphite; image: 7.2 x 4.2 cm (2 13/16 x 1 5/8 in.); sheet: 9.9 x 10.7 cm (3 7/8 x 4 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1961.77
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	id: 		137110
	Drawing of Olmec Jade Head, mid-1900s. Miguel Covarrubias (Mexican, 1904–1957). Pen and ink over graphite; image: 14.8 x 6.5 cm (5 13/16 x 2 9/16 in.); sheet: 16.9 x 8.4 cm (6 5/8 x 3 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of John Wise 1961.78
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CITATIONS

	Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, Fla.), and Gordon F. Ekholm. Pre-Columbian Art, the Native Art of America Before the Conquest: Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1953. Palm Beach: Society of the Four Arts, 1952.
	page number: 	Cat. No. 9
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	Hawley, Henry H. "An Olmec Jade Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 8 (1961).
	page number: 	pp. 212-215
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142469

	Lee, Sherman E. "Year in Review 1961." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 48, no. 9 (1961).
	page number: 	p. 238, no. 16
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142473

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n314

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 290
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n314

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 393
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n413

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 6
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n21

	Benson, Elizabeth P., Beatriz de la Fuente, and Marcia Castro-Leal Espino. <em>Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico</em>. Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1996.
	page number: 	p. 221, Cat. No. 59
	url:		

	"August at the CMA.” <em>Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine </em>vol. 63, no. 2 (2023): 28.
	page number: 	Reproduced: P. 28.
	url:		

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