The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 24, 2024
Necklace and Nose Ornament
150–200 CE
Overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.); Each bead: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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.- ?-1965Valetta Swan,1965, to James C. and Florence C. Gruener1965-1990James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art1990The Cleveland Museum of Art
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1990.263