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Sep 2, 2010
Pair of Ear Ornaments
Pair of Ear Ornaments
150–200
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Jadeite-albitite(?)
Diameter: 5.6 cm (2 3/16 in.); Overall: 2.4 cm (15/16 in.)
Weight: 52.29 and 59.48 g, respectively
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.264
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Description
Near Teotihuacán's largest palace is a small temple gorgeously ornamented with green-feathered serpents, symbols of the earth's fertility. Beneath the temple lie at least 120 human sacrifices, most men, many warriors, and some wearing greenstone ornaments like these, perhaps a set. The sacrifices, apparently laid out to mark the cardinal directions, may have consecrated the temple or a ruler's tomb, or both.
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