Object Details
Culture
Maya (Guatemala)
Date
550-950 AD
Medium
Jade
Dimensions
Length: 2 3/8 inches (6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of William W. Brill
Object
Number
81.024.028
This green jade pendant is carved with a skull on one side and a bird’s head on the other. Green sto(…)
This green jade pendant is carved with a skull on one side and a bird’s head on the other. Green stones were highly valued by the people of Mesoamerica and South America, so this pendant would have been a prized ornament, perhaps worn as a status symbol.