Celt

55-11-5

From: Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 55-11-5
Current Location Collections Storage
Provenience Mexico (Central America) | Oaxaca (Mexican State)
Culture Area Central American
Section American
Materials Jadeite
Description

Dark green jade. Highly polished, small. Poll comes to a rounded point and sides slant outward suddenly and are than almost straight at rounded cutting edge which is formed by the intersection of equal bevels. Top and bottom are flattened.

Width 3.7 cm
Thickness 1.4 cm
Credit Line Gift of Mrs. Boyd Lee Spahr, Jr., 1955

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