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Source Description
Before about AD 500, when gold-working technologies were adopted in Costa Rica, jade was the quintessential luxury material and it was masterfully carved into exquisite ornaments of many kinds. Ancient Americans did not use many metal tools, and artists carved jade, a tough stone, with implements of stone, bone, bamboo, or reed.
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131370
label
Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?)
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131370
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object
title
Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?)
description
Before about AD 500, when gold-working technologies were adopted in Costa Rica, jade was the quintessential luxury material and it was masterfully carved into exquisite ornaments of many kinds. Ancient Americans did not use many metal tools, and artists carved jade, a tough stone, with implements of stone, bone, bamboo, or reed.
date
c. 300 BCE–600 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80022615
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Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4.3 x 3 x 4.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.)
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Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region
accession
1954.148
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jadeite
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Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?), c. 300 BCE–600 CE. Costa Rica, Atlantic Watershed region. Jadeite; overall: 4.3 x 3 x 4.9 cm (1 11/16 x 1 3/16 x 1 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1954.148
collection
AA - Intermediate Region
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John L. Severance Fund
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2026-05-29 06:47:04.349000
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131370
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Intermediate Region
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jadeite
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