Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine)
c. 900–1550
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine), c. 900–1550. Colombia, Muisca style, 10th-16th century. Cast gold; average: 6.9 x 2.6 cm (2 11/16 x 1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1947.19
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- cast gold
- Dimensions
- Average: 6.9 x 2.6 cm (2 11/16 x 1 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1947.19
- Credit Line
- In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
- Exhibitions
- Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME], Musee Fabre, Montpellier, France; June 16, 2002- September 29, 2002, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rouen France; October 24, 2002- January 13, 2003, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Lyon, France; February 19, 2003- April 28, 2003, Musee des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France; May 27, 2003- August 18, 2003, Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, MN; October 26, 2003- January 11, 2004: FRAME exhibition -- "Sacred Symbols:Three Thousand Years of Native American Art."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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