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Greenstone pearl

openwork cylindrical bead made of greenstone (chalchihuitl); throughout Mesoamerica, the deceased were buried with greenstone beads; such cylindrical beads could be worn as pendants or as voluminous necklaces;

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Object type
Greenstone pearl
Dimensions
Height: 5,1 cm
Depth: 1,9 cm
Width: 2,2 cm
Material/Technique
Green stone
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 16689

Provenance and sources

Production
where
Mexico
Veracruz
Collecting
who
Strebel, Hermann - Collectors
Assignment to a curated holding:
American Archaeology

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