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Necklace
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About this work
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.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit lineNecklace, 150–200 CE. Central Mexico, Teotihuacán, Classic period. Jadeite-albitite?; overall: 40.3 cm (15 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener, 1990.263.1.a
