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Human face pectoral
Colima
Late Formative to Early Classic periods
200 B.C.–A.D. 300
Object Place: Colima, México
Medium/Technique
Greenstone
Dimensions
11.2 x 10.8 cm (4 7/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Margret Craver Withers
Accession Number1993.814
NOT ON VIEW
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Pectorals
DescriptionLight-colored greenstone carved in the form of a stylized human face. The back is slightly concave, and two small holes at the top of the head allow for suspension on a cord, perhaps as a pectoral or other type of body adornment.
ProvenanceMargret Craver Withers collection (acquired in Mexico and Guatemala) by 1972; to MFA, November 1993, gift of Margret Craver Withers.