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Collection Online as of December 19, 2025

Pendant with Scribe Figure

c. 700–1000

Mexico, Mixtec?, 8th-11th Century

jade
Overall: 7.3 x 4.5 x 0.5 cm (2 7/8 x 1 3/4 x 3/16 in.)
John L. Severance Fund 1949.198
Location: Not on view

Description

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.
  • Brummer Collection
    Brummer Collection
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N3340 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
    Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16. Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 14 www.jstor.org
  • Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17- December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1- February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15- May 15, 1959. Holland: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. Berlin, Germany: Academie der Kunst; October 3- November 22, 1959. The exhibition will continue to Vienna and Manchester without our objects. Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."
    Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade" cat. no. 21, pg. 17, no repr.
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