{"data": {"id": 134736, "accession_number": "1957.25", "share_license_status": "CC0", "tombstone": "Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine), c. 900\u20131550. Colombia, Muisca style. Cast gold; overall: 10.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm (4 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the Hanna Fund, 1957.25", "current_location": "233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region", "title": "Tunjos (Votive Offering Figurine)", "creation_date": "c. 900\u20131550", "creation_date_earliest": 900, "creation_date_latest": 1550, "artists_tags": [], "culture": ["Colombia, Muisca style"], "technique": "cast gold", "support_materials": [], "department": "Art of the Americas", "collection": "AA - Intermediate Region", "type": "Metalwork", "measurements": "Overall: 10.3 x 2.7 x 0.8 cm (4 1/16 x 1 1/16 x 5/16 in.)", "dimensions": {"overall": {"height": 0.103, "height_inch": 4, "height_inch_fraction": 0.0625, "width": 0.027, "width_inch": 1, "width_inch_fraction": 0.0625, "depth": 0.008, "depth_inch": 0, "depth_inch_fraction": 0.3125}}, "state_of_the_work": null, "edition_of_the_work": null, "copyright": null, "inscriptions": [], "exhibitions": {"current": [{"id": 301477, "title": "In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.", "description": "<i>In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958).", "opening_date": "1958-03-04T05:00:00"}], "legacy": [{"description": "Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; March 4-April 6, 1958.  \"In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.,\" cat. no. 169, repr. in black and white.", "opening_date": "1958-03-04T00:00:00"}, {"description": "Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; October 19-31, 1959. \"South American Fortnight.\"", "opening_date": "1931-10-19T00:00:00"}]}, "provenance": [], "find_spot": null, "related_works": [], "former_accession_numbers": [], "did_you_know": null, "early_education_description": null, "artlens_description": null, "description": "Unlike the other gold ornaments made in the isthmian region, tunjos were not worn; instead, they served as offerings that were deposited in sacred places such as lagoons and caves. They often depict humans who hold something.\r\n\r\nPerhaps because they were not meant for display, tunjos were not finished after lost-wax casting. Flaws remain uncorrected, surfaces are unpolished, and gold that backed into the channel used to pour the molten metal into the mold was left in place.", "external_resources": {"wikidata": ["https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60740105"], "internet_archive": ["https://archive.org/details/clevelandart-1957.25-tunjos-votive-offeri"]}, "citations": [], "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1957.25", "images": {"annotation": null, "web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_web.jpg", "width": "636", "height": "893", "filesize": "281401", "filename": "1957.25_web.jpg"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_print.jpg", "width": "2422", "height": "3400", "filesize": "1585868", "filename": "1957.25_print.jpg"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_full.tif", "width": "3339", "height": "4688", "filesize": "47005564", "filename": "1957.25_full.tif"}}, "alternate_images": [{"web": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_alt0_web.jpg", "width": "702", "height": "893", "filesize": "414457"}, "print": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_alt0_print.jpg", "width": "1536", "height": "1954", "filesize": "2181689"}, "full": {"url": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1957.25/1957.25_alt0_full.tif", "width": "1536", "height": "1954", "filesize": "9007340"}, "annotation": ""}], "creditline": "Gift of the Hanna Fund", "image_credit": null, "sketchfab_id": null, "sketchfab_url": null, "gallery_donor_text": null, "athena_id": 134736, "creators": [], "legal_status": "accessioned", "accession_date": "1957-01-17T00:00:00", "sortable_date": 900, "date_added_to_oa": null, "date_text": "c. 900\u20131550", "collapse_artists": false, "on_loan": false, "recently_acquired": false, "record_type": "object", "conservation_statement": null, "has_conservation_images": false, "cover_accession_number": null, "is_nazi_era_provenance": false, "impression": null, "alternate_titles": ["Female Votive Figurine"], "is_highlight": false, "updated_at": "2026-05-29 06:52:52.781000"}}