Pendant with Scribe Figure (c. 700–1000): Art, History and Details

Pendant with Scribe Figure (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:

The seated figure's high status is indicated by an elaborate headdress and jewelry, including earplugs, a necklace, and bracelets. Iin his right hand is a brush, perhaps for painting a book or mural.

Object facts

• Title: Pendant with Scribe Figure
• Date: c. 700–1000
• Culture: Mexico, Mixtec?, 8th-11th Century
• Type: Jade
• Technique: jade
• Dimensions: Overall: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
• Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1949.198

Collection credit

John L. Severance Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
• Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16.

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