Pendant
400–700
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Pendant, 400–700. Panama, International Style, 5th-8th century. Cast gold; overall: 7.4 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1939.509 In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- cast gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.4 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1939.509
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Art of the Americas, Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME], Shamanism, Los Angeles, Ca: Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art; March 15 - April 15, 1940. "Pre-Columbian Art." exh. cat. no. 28.<br><br>Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art; January, 1944. "The Ancient Art of the North American Continent".<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 43.<br><br>Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold	and Jade." exh. cat. no. 73.<br><br>New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26- March 26, 1954. "Ancient Arts of the Andes." exh. cat. fig. 156, repr. in black and white, p. 136.<br><br>Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21- May 19, 1957. "Art of the Americas Before Columbus." exh. cat. no. 20, repr in black and white, p. 13.<br><br><br>Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1-July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition" Pre- Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."<br><br>Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; October 19-31, 1959. "South American Fortnight." exh. cat. no. 23.<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966."Treasures of Peruvian Gold." <br><br>Montpellier, France: Musee Fabre; July 16- September 29, 2002. Rouen, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; October 24, 2002- January 13, 2003. Lyon, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; February 19- April 28, 2003. Rennes, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; May 27- August 18, 2003. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts; October 26, 2003- January 11, 2004. FRAME exhibition -- "Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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