Offering Group: Plaque with Frontal and Profile Faces
Unknown Artist
800–1200(?)
Medium
jadeite with albitite
Dimensions
7.9 × 6.3 × 0.7 cm
Classification
Sculpture
Department
Art of the Americas
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener
Accession Number
1990.213
About this artwork
This greenstone plaque is said to have been found inside a translucent stone vessel, together with two shells (1990.252.1–3). A similar offering was found in a pyramid ornamented with feathered serpents at Xochicalco, a site south of the Valley of Mexico.