id:			155557
accession number:	1990.263.1.a
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1990.263.1.a
updated:		2022-01-04 17:08:53.774000

Necklace, 150-200. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic Period. Jadeite-albitite?; overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.263.1.a

title:				Necklace
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creation date:			150-200
creation date earliest:		150
creation date latest:		200
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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culture:	Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic Period
technique:	jadeite-albitite?
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.)
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PROVENANCE

	Valetta Swan
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	James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland
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	(Valetta Swan); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1965
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wall description: 
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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