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Object of Personal Adornment

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Object of Personal Adornment

Artist:
Culture: Jalisco
Period: Pre-Columbian
Date: c. 300 B.C.-A.D. 300
Medium: Obsidian
Dimensions:
9 1/2 × 5 3/4 in. (24.1 × 14.6 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, gift of Griffin and Elizabeth King
Object number: 66.181.6
Provenance: with Griffin and Elizabeth King, Kerrville, TX, by 1966; by gift to the Witte Museum, San Antonio, TX, 1966; by transfer to the San Antonio Museum of Art, 1994
Label Text
This unique U-shaped pendant is diagnostic of cultures who lived in West Mexico. Obsidian is a fragile material and it would have taken an expert knapper to create this object. The hole to string the pendant is not complete, leading to questions about why it was not finished. (Bernadette Cap, 2022)
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