Ornament (250–550 CE): Art, History and Details
Ornament at the Cleveland Museum of Art: 250–550 CE, jadeite. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Ornament (250–550 CE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
Greenstone ornaments were part of Maya nobles' regalia. This comes from an ornament that was cut in half in antiquity. The original, twice as wide, probably hung from an elaborate belt, crucial to royal costume.
Object facts
- Title: Ornament
- Date: 250–550 CE
- Culture: Mexico or Central America, Maya
- Type: Jade
- Technique: jadeite
- Dimensions: Overall: 14.9 x 3.2 cm (5 7/8 x 1 1/4 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1972.3
Collection credit
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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