{"data": {"id": 118479, "accession_number": "1939.514", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Animal-Headed Figure Pendant, 1\u2013800 CE. Colombia, Quimbaya or Yotoco style. Cast gold; overall: 5 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1939.514", "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region", "title": "Animal-Headed Figure Pendant", "creation_date": "1\u2013800 CE", "creation_date_earliest": 1, "creation_date_latest": 800, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Colombia, Quimbaya or Yotoco style"], "technique": "cast gold", "support_materials": [], "department": "Art of the Americas", "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 5 x 4.2 x 1.3 cm (1 15/16 x 1 5/8 x 1/2 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.05, "height_inch": 1, "height_inch_fraction": 0.9375, "width": 0.042, "width_inch": 1, "width_inch_fraction": 0.625, "depth": 0.013, "depth_inch": 0, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.5}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 312180, "title": "Art of the Americas", "description": "<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-April 11, 1943).", "opening_date": "1943-03-19T04:00:00"}, {"id": 312131, "title": "Art of the Americas", "description": "<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).", "opening_date": "1945-11-09T05:00:00"}, {"id": 300804, "title": "Treasures of Peruvian Gold", "description": "<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).", "opening_date": "1966-02-23T05:00:00"}, {"id": 357417, "title": "Shamanism", "description": "<i>Shamanism</i>. Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile (organizer) (December 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) https://museo.precolombino.cl/2022/12/12/chamanismo-visiones-fuera-del-tiempo-la-nueva-exposicion-del-museo-chileno-de-arte-precolombino/.", "opening_date": "2022-12-01T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 19- April 11, 1943.  \"Art of the Americas.\"", "opening_date": "1943-03-19T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art;  January 1944. \"The Ancient Art of the North American&#9;Continent.\"", "opening_date": "1944-01-01T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. \"Art of the Americas.\"", "opening_date": "1945-11-09T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966. \"Treasures of Peruvian Gold.\"", "opening_date": "1966-02-23T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "The same creature, nasty but precious, appears in both pendants (1939.515). Human in its posture and arms, its head is that of an animal with a long, toothy snout. It holds batons to its mouth, and whiskers or ears flare from the sides of the head. The little headdress domes are mystifying; they have been described as mushrooms, gourds, and ceramic vessels, among other things.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60779465"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1939.514-animal-headed-figure"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Milliken, William. \"Colombian Gold.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>27, no. 1 (January 1940): 3-4.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 3", "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25138060"}, {"citation": "Milliken, William. \"Exhibition of Gold.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>34, no. 9 (November 1947): 211-212.", "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 211-212; Reproduced: p. 234", "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141408"}], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.514", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_web.jpg", "width": "1012", "height": "893", "filesize": "525293", "filename": "1939.514_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_print.jpg", "width": "2129", "height": "1878", "filesize": "1103429", "filename": "1939.514_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_full.tif", "width": "2129", "height": "1878", "filesize": "12031800", "filename": "1939.514_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "737", "height": "893", "filesize": "417075"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "2805", "height": "3400", "filesize": "5106985"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt0_full.tif", "width": "1504", "height": "1823", "filesize": "8263068"}, "date_created": "2011-11-08T19:31:15", "annotation": ""}, {"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt1_web.jpg", "width": "722", "height": "893", "filesize": "359969"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt1_print.jpg", "width": "1536", "height": "1900", "filesize": "1669679"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.514/1939.514_alt1_full.tif", "width": "1536", "height": "1900", "filesize": "8758420"}, "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Purchase from the J. 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