The Maya in their great temple cities reached the summit of the Classical age in Ancient Meso-America. In those temple cities, great artistic expressions such as murals and sculptures flourished. The Maya civilization during the Pre-Columbian era, the Mayan people held a ceremony dedicated to Chaac, a god of the rain as life-giving water, for good harvest and abundant rainfall. Chaac (equivalent Tlāloc in Aztec mythology), the gods who controlled water, is associated with jade that had a blue-green color like fresh water. In particular, Chaac is often represented holding jade axes that he uses to stir the clouds to produce rain. This Mayan Jade Pectoral, made during the Maya Classic period (c. 250-900 CE), is a sacred relic that adorned the chest of the Mayan people. This is a masterpiece of Mayan civilization presumably a figure embodying Chaac or another mythical deity's face.