Celt

66-35-3

From: Mexico (Central America)

Curatorial Section: American

Object Number 66-35-3
Current Location Collections Storage
Culture Maya
Provenience Mexico (Central America)
Culture Area Central American
Locus Cozumel Island
Section American
Materials Jadeite
Description

Green-black. Subrectangular in outline. Convey bit with chip removed. Jadite (?) very impure. Mottled yellow and green in color. Trapezoidal in outline, bit convex. Ground and polished, except for butt and edges. Both faces taper symmetrically toward bit.

Length 4.6 cm
Width 3.1 cm
Thickness 1.55 cm
Credit Line Gift of Horace W. Porter, 1966

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