Figural Pendant
400–700
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Figural Pendant, 400–700. Panama, Darién or Venado Beach region, Openwork style, 5th-8th Century. Cast gold; overall: 7.8 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole 1946.80 This ornament was made with the lost-wax casting technique.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- cast gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.8 x 5.3 x 2.3 cm (3 1/16 x 2 1/16 x 7/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1946.80
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mrs. Benjamin P. Bole
- Exhibitions
- The Gold of Ancient America, Shamanism, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 19 1945-January 6 1946. "Art of the Americas," repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 47.<br><br>Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6 -November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade." cat. no. 119, pg. 20, no repr.<br><br>Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-Decmeber 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1- February 28, 1959. circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; Feburuary 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."<br><br>Boston, MA: The Boston Museum of Fine Arts; December 5, 1968- January 12, 1969. Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago; February 1, 1969- March 9, 1969. Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Art; March 24, 1969- April 20, 1969. "The Gold of Ancient America: Masterpieces from the Pre-Columbian World." cat. no.93, pg.112, black and white repr.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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