id:			117825
accession number:	1938.432
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.432
updated:		2020-06-03 09:00:26.811000

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
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creation date:			c. 300 BC-AD 200
creation date earliest:		300
creation date latest:		200
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creditline:			Dudley P. Allen Fund
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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
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measurements: Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 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).

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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.
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