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 title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- culture: Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic Period technique: jadeite-albitite? department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Mesoamerica type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE Valetta Swan date: footnotes: citations: James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland date: 1965 footnotes: citations: (Valetta Swan); James and Florence Gruener, Cleveland, 1965 date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.263.1.a/1990.263.1.a_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.263.1.a/1990.263.1.a_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1990.263.1.a/1990.263.1.a_full.tif