{"data": {"id": 123806, "accession_number": "1944.319", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Staff Head(?), c. 400\u2013700. Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century. Cast gold; overall: 8.3 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund, 1944.319", "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region", "title": "Staff Head(?)", "creation_date": "c. 400\u2013700", "creation_date_earliest": 400, "creation_date_latest": 700, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century"], "technique": "cast gold", "support_materials": [], "department": "Art of the Americas", "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 8.3 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 15/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.083, "height_inch": 3, "height_inch_fraction": 0.25, "width": 0.072, "width_inch": 2, "width_inch_fraction": 0.8125, "depth": 0.024, "depth_inch": 0, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.9375}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"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"}], "legacy": [{"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945- January 6 1946.  \"Art of the Americas.\" repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 42.", "opening_date": "1945-11-09T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950.  \"Ancient American Gold&#9;and Jade.\"", "opening_date": "1950-10-06T00:00:00"}, {"description": "New York,  NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26-March 26, 1954.  \"Ancient Arts of the Andes.\" exh. cat., repr. in black and white  p. 155, fig. 181.", "opening_date": "1954-01-26T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21-May 19, 1957.  \"Art of the Americas Before Columbus.\" exh. cat. no. 22, listed p. 10, repr in black and white, p. 11.", "opening_date": "1957-04-21T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentine; March 15- May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition of \"Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America.\"", "opening_date": "1958-10-17T00:00:00"}, {"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 two-headed beast that crouches on the top of this object-perhaps a staff finial (head)-holds a human head or perhaps a mask between its paws. The silken surface and simple, elegant design identify the finial as of the International style, so-called because it crossed ancient boundaries and is found in Colombia as well as Costa Rica and Panama.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60750952"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1944.319-staff-head"]}, "citations": [{"citation": "Foote, Helen S. \"A Gold Staff Head.\" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1945.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 31", "url": null}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.", "page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 376", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n71"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 295", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n319"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.", "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 295", "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n319"}, {"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. 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