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Source Description
This exceptionally large and elaborate plaque depicts a human being costumed as a jaguar, with claws on hands and feet, and a jaguar-head helmet. At the Zapotec capital, Monte Albán, dignitaries in feline garb are portrayed in several relief sculptures. A pendant similar to this one was found in an architectural dedicatory offering deposit at Monte Albán.
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Document identity
localId
126145
label
Pendant Plaque
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
126145
contentType
object
title
Pendant Plaque
description
This exceptionally large and elaborate plaque depicts a human being costumed as a jaguar, with claws on hands and feet, and a jaguar-head helmet. At the Zapotec capital, Monte Albán, dignitaries in feline garb are portrayed in several relief sculptures. A pendant similar to this one was found in an architectural dedicatory offering deposit at Monte Albán.
date
c. 500–700
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79905422
genreSpecific
Jade
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 15.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 cm (5 15/16 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.)
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Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, 6th-8th Century
accession
1948.358
Source extras
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jade
tombstone
Pendant Plaque, c. 500–700. Mexico, Oaxaca, Zapotec, 6th-8th Century. Jade; overall: 15.1 x 7.3 x 0.7 cm (5 15/16 x 2 7/8 x 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1948.358
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
citations
citation
Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Jade and Hard Stone." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>36, no. 4 (April 1949): 53-55.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 54; Reproduced: p. 59
creditline
John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:31:37.345000
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126145
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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jade
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1
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0
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photo
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