Figurine Pendant
c. 1000–1500
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Figurine Pendant, c. 1000–1500. Western Panama, Veraguas-Gran Chiriquí Style, 11th-16th century. Cast gold; overall: 4.6 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1951.177 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: 4.6 x 2.8 x 0.9 cm (1 13/16 x 1 1/8 x 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1951.177
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME], Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas."<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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