jadeite: Media
mineral
Images
Uncut (left) and cut jadeite.
Runk/Schoenberger—Grant Heilman
Jadeite mask, Olmec culture, Mexico, 10th–6th century bce;...
Photograph by AlkaliSoaps. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1977 (1977.187.33)
Mayan ear disks, jadeite, from Guatemala, 550–850 ce.
Photograph by Beesnest McClain. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, The Phil Berg Collection, M.71.73.325 and M.71.73.326