id: 119671 accession number: 1940.510 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.510 updated: 2023-01-10 21:21:07.526000 Headdress Ornament, c. 300 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, Paracas. Hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy; overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.510 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: The Norweb Collection copyright: --- culture: Peru, South Coast, Paracas technique: hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Lakewood, OH: Beck Center; February 2-March 17,1985. Willoughby, OH: The School of Fine Arts; January 11- March 2, 1986. Ashtabula, OH: Ashtabula Arts Center; April 12- June 1, 1986. "Objects for the Afterlife: A Selection from Early Peru." --- PROVENANCE Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1940, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art date: ?-1940 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1940 footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: Tumbaga is an alloy made by blending gold with copper, which may give the gold a rosy hue. digital description: wall description: A similar star-shaped metal ornament is present on a human-hair wig from a mummy excavated at the Paracas Necropolis site. The wig has tresses wrapped with colored yarns, and a long headband wrapped many times around the head. The star-shaped ornament is attached to the headband, and a circular metal ornament is attached to the braid. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.510/1940.510_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.510/1940.510_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1940.510/1940.510_full.tif