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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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155559
label
Butterfly Nose Ornament
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155559
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object
title
Butterfly Nose Ornament
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.
date
150–200 CE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60747741
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Stone
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 4.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.)
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Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period
accession
1990.263.2
Source extras
tec
jadeite-albitite?
tombstone
Butterfly Nose Ornament, 150–200 CE. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period. Jadeite-albitite?; overall: 4.8 x 6.5 x 0.4 cm (1 7/8 x 2 9/16 x 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.263.2
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
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Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
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2026-05-29 08:04:10.096000
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155559
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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jadeite-albitite?
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photo
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