Jadeite Celt
| Accession number | PC.B.029 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and Date |
Middle Formative,
900–300 BCE
|
| Measurements |
H. 21.6 cm; W. 8.6 cm; D. 4.1 cm; Wt. 1,420.9 g |
| Technique and Material |
Jadeite Celt |
| Acquisition history |
Attributed to Rancho Potrerillos, Veracruz; purchased by Robert Woods Bliss from Earl Stendahl, 1948 |
Both this celt and PC.B.028 are attributed to Rancho Potrerillos, and are fashioned from notably similar “Olmec blue” jadeite with cloudlike patterns in the stone. The upper poll of this celt retains a good deal of the original pecking used to create the object, which is essentially missing from the larger and more finished example in PC.B.028.
Notes
| Accession number | PC.B.029 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and Date |
Middle Formative,
900–300 BCE
|
| Measurements |
H. 21.6 cm; W. 8.6 cm; D. 4.1 cm; Wt. 1,420.9 g |
| Technique and Material |
Jadeite Celt |
| Acquisition history |
Attributed to Rancho Potrerillos, Veracruz; purchased by Robert Woods Bliss from Earl Stendahl, 1948 |
Indigenous Art of the Americas, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1948–1949 and 1952–1962
| Accession number | PC.B.029 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and Date |
Middle Formative,
900–300 BCE
|
| Measurements |
H. 21.6 cm; W. 8.6 cm; D. 4.1 cm; Wt. 1,420.9 g |
| Technique and Material |
Jadeite Celt |
| Acquisition history |
Attributed to Rancho Potrerillos, Veracruz; purchased by Robert Woods Bliss from Earl Stendahl, 1948 |
Bliss, Robert Woods. 1957. Pre-Columbian Art: Robert Woods Bliss Collection. Text and critical analyses by Samuel K. Lothrop, William F. Foshag, and Joy Mahler. London: Phaidon. P. 235, no. 17, pl. IX.
Benson, Elizabeth P. 1963. Handbook of the Robert Woods Bliss Collection of Pre-Columbian Art. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. P. 8, no. 38.
Eggebrecht, Arne, editor. 1986. Glanz und Untergang des Alten Mexico: Die Azteken und Ihre Vorläufer. Mainz: P. von Zabern. Fig. 3.
Saunders, Nicholas J. 2003. “Catching the Light”: Technologies of Power and Enchantment in Pre-Columbian Goldworking. In Gold and Power in Ancient Costa Rica, Panama, and Colombia, edited by Jeffrey Quilter and John W. Hoopes, pp. 15–47. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. P. 31, fig. 6.
Summers, David. 2003. Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism. New York: Phaidon Press.
Taube, Karl A. 2004. Olmec Art at Dumbarton Oaks. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks. P. 130, pl. 22.
| Accession number | PC.B.029 |
|---|---|
| Attribution and Date |
Middle Formative,
900–300 BCE
|
| Measurements |
H. 21.6 cm; W. 8.6 cm; D. 4.1 cm; Wt. 1,420.9 g |
| Technique and Material |
Jadeite Celt |
| Acquisition history |
Attributed to Rancho Potrerillos, Veracruz; purchased by Robert Woods Bliss from Earl Stendahl, 1948 |