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In the shape of a snake's head

Like the frog, the snake was associated with moisture among other things by the Aztecs.

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Ethnologisches Museum
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Cultural attribution
Mixteken
Object type
Greenstone pearl
Dimensions
Objektmaß: 1,7 x 1,2 x 3,6 cm
Material/Technique
Jadeite
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
IV Ca 4447

Provenance and sources

when
1301 - 1521
where
Mexico
who
Mixteken

who
Friedericke (Frieda) von Karwinsky - Former Possessors
Wilhelm Schleiden (1812 - 1878) - Collectors

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