Pre-Columbian Jadeite Male Kneeling Pendant, Age unknown. Pre-Columbian, Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta, Colombia, Tairona. Jadeite male pendant with legs bent holding an offering, potentially on his lap. He has prominent skull facial features with two drilled tholes for eyes. There is a small hole drilled in the neck and holes drilled at each elbow. His back shows vertebrae bones. Pendants of this nature were worn during funeral ceremonies, then left in the tombofthediseased.SimilartoonesondisplayattheMuseodelOreinBogota,Colombia. Size:31??4”high. Provenance: Private collection of Enrique Cardenas Olaya.

good condition