id: 117825 accession number: 1938.432 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.432 updated: 2020-11-04 19:53:40.558000 Headdress Ornament, c. 300 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, Paracas, 3rd-2nd Century BC. Hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy; overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Dudley P. Allen Fund 1938.432 title: Headdress Ornament title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 300 BC-AD 200 creation date earliest: 300 creation date latest: 200 current location: creditline: Dudley P. Allen Fund copyright: --- culture: Peru, South Coast, Paracas, 3rd-2nd Century BC technique: hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Art of the Americas opening date: 1945-11-09T05:00:00 Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Gold ornaments have been discovered among the innermost wrappings of Paracas mummy-bundles, and were probably personal possessions of the deceased. The embossed image in the center of each ornament is a deity face, characterized by protruding eyes and a grinning, toothy mouth. Snakelike appendages emanate from the face. Figures embroidered on Paracas garments are frequently depicted with similarly shaped ornaments, either worn above the forehead or brandished in one hand. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.432/1938.432_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.432/1938.432_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.432/1938.432_full.tif