Unknown Olmec artist, Mexico (reportedly discovered in Guanacaste, Costa Rica). Recarved Pendant,1000–400 BCE. Fractured jadeite, 1 7/8  x 6 1/8  x 3/8 inches. Denver Art Museum Collection: Collection of Frederick and Jan Mayer, 2017.301.

height: 1 7/8 in, 4.7625 cm; width: 6 1/8 in, 15.5575 cm; depth: 3/8 in, 0.9525 cm

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Arts of the Ancient Americas

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Loaned 29 June 1993 by Frederick and Jan Mayer of Denver, CO, to the Denver Art Museum; gifted 27 November 2017 by Frederick and Jan Mayer to the Denver Art Museum. Provenance research is on-going at the Denver Art Museum. Please e-mail provenance@denverartmuseum.org, if you have questions, or if you have additional information to share with us.

• "The Olmec World: Ritual and Rulership," at The Art Museum, Princeton University, December 1995-February 1996 and The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, April-June 1996. "Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea" Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA, March 27, 2010-July 18, 2010.