Pendant Plaque (c. 700–1000): Art, History and Details

Pendant Plaque (c. 700–1000) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

Xochipala jade carvings are typically composed almost entirely of curved lines. These were executed with hollow circular drills (perhaps made of bird bone or bamboo) of different diameters. The result is an animated figure that appears to be dancing.

Object facts

• Title: Pendant Plaque
• Date: c. 700–1000
• Culture: Central Mexico, Xochicalco Style, 8th-10th Century
• Type: Stone
• Technique: greenstone
• Dimensions: Overall: 9.5 x 6.7 cm (3 3/4 x 2 5/8 in.)
• Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1948.357

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Jade and Hard Stone." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 36, no. 4 (April 1949): 53-55.

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