id:			117824
accession number:	1938.431
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.431
updated:		2023-08-29 11:33:51.829000

Plaque, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Coast, Chongoyape(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; overall: 12.5 x 13.8 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.431

title:				Plaque
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creation date:			c. 500–200 BC
creation date earliest:		-500
creation date latest:		-200
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Peru, North Coast, Chongoyape(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC)
technique:	hammered and cut gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 12.5 x 13.8 cm (4 15/16 x 5 7/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1945-11-09T05:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

	title:		25 Centuries of Peruvian Art
	opening date:   1961-10-03T04:00:00
	<i>25 Centuries of Peruvian Art</i>. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (co-organizer) (October 3-November 3, 1961).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* <em>The Ancient Art of the North American Continent</em>, Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (January, 1944).

* <em>Ancient Art of the Andes</em>, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY (January 26 - March 26,1954).

* <em>Twenty-five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700B.C. - 1800 A.D.</em>, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA (October 4 - November 5, 1961).

* <em>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</em>, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23 - April 3,1966). <br> <br><em>Gold! The Eternal Quest for Riches</em>, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County, Los Angeles, CA (1987).

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PROVENANCE

	Baron Walram von Schoeler, New York, NY, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1938
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: 1938-
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fun fact:
Hammered gold ornaments have been produced in the Andes since 1500 BC.

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wall description:
These plaques showing a powerful Chavín deity may come from a group of gold objects found in a lavish tomb in the 1920s. One is shaped as the deity’s fanged head, its fur transformed into sixteen serpents that edge the plaque. On the other, the deity’s visually elusive body also appears: the clawed hands over the chest may clutch a horizontal staff, an emblem of authority; across the waist is a belt that sprouts serpents; and beneath are the legs and feet, which stand atop fanged masks.
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