id: 147006 accession number: 1972.4 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1972.4 updated: 2023-01-11 03:32:10.125000 Celt-Shaped Pendant, c. 300 BC - AD 600. Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, c. 4th century BC - AD 7th century. Jadeite; overall: 15.2 x 5.4 cm (6 x 2 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund 1972.4 title: Celt-Shaped Pendant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 300 BC - AD 600 creation date earliest: -300 creation date latest: 600 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Costa Rica, Southern Nicoya region, c. 4th century BC - AD 7th century technique: jadeite department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Intermediate Region type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 15.2 x 5.4 cm (6 x 2 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1972 opening date: 1973-02-27T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1972. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (February 27-March 18, 1973). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Mr. Enrique Vargas Alfaro, Decatur, GA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: -1972 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH date: 1972- footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Costa Rican jade pendants may imitate the shape of axe blades (celts) used for agriculture. The pendants often take the form of "axe gods," creatures with human, bird, or animal traits. Jade carving was common in Costa Rica before ad 500, but then declined in importance. Gold eventually replaced jade as the region’s preferred luxury material. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.4/1972.4_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.4/1972.4_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1972.4/1972.4_full.tif