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Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls, 1000–1532 (medallion). bronze, copper, silver, Diameter: 6.4 x 0.8 cm (2 1/2 x 5/16 in.). The Norweb Collection, 1951.173. CC0.
Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls
1000–1532 (medallion)
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls, 1000–1532 (medallion). Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú (medallion). Bronze, copper, silver; diameter: 6.4 x 0.8 cm (2 1/2 x 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.173 This medallion and dozens of smaller beads and spindle whorls arrived at the museum strung on modern cord. Pierced with a hole at the top, it could have been suspended from a necklace or attached to a backing, such as a textile. It comes from Peru’s north coast and was made in the late pre-Hispanic period; the dates of the smaller beads are less clear.