id: 118475 accession number: 1939.509 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1939.509 updated: 2022-11-10 10:00:19.313000 Pendant, 400–700. Panama, International Style, 5th-8th century. Cast gold; overall: 7.4 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1939.509 title: Pendant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 400–700 creation date earliest: 400 creation date latest: 700 current location: creditline: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: Panama, International Style, 5th-8th century technique: cast gold department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Intermediate Region type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 7.4 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 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). title: Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME] opening date: 2002-07-16T00:00:00 Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME]. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (July 16-September 29, 2002); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France (October 24, 2002-January 13, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (February 19-April 29, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (May 27-August 18, 2003); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (October 26, 2003-January 11, 2004). title: Shamanism opening date: 2022-12-01T05:00:00 Shamanism. Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile (organizer) (December 1, 2022-June 30, 2023). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Los Angeles, Ca: Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art; March 15 - April 15, 1940. "Pre-Columbian Art." exh. cat. no. 28.

Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art; January, 1944. "The Ancient Art of the North American Continent".

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 43.

Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade." exh. cat. no. 73.

New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26- March 26, 1954. "Ancient Arts of the Andes." exh. cat. fig. 156, repr. in black and white, p. 136.

Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21- May 19, 1957. "Art of the Americas Before Columbus." exh. cat. no. 20, repr in black and white, p. 13.


Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1-July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition" Pre- Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."

Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; October 19-31, 1959. "South American Fortnight." exh. cat. no. 23.

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966."Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

Montpellier, France: Musee Fabre; July 16- September 29, 2002. Rouen, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; October 24, 2002- January 13, 2003. Lyon, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; February 19- April 28, 2003. Rennes, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; May 27- August 18, 2003. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts; October 26, 2003- January 11, 2004. FRAME exhibition -- "Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art." --- PROVENANCE Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH, 1939, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1939 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1939 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority. digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 382 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n71 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. page number: Reproduced: p. 295 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n319 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 295 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n319 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 399 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n419 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.509/1939.509_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.509/1939.509_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1939.509/1939.509_full.tif