id:			119671
accession number:	1940.510
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1940.510
updated:		2021-03-27 12:14:03.421000

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
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creation date:			c. 300 BC-AD 200
creation date earliest:		-300
creation date latest:		200
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Peru, South Coast, Paracas
technique:	hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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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."

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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
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1940
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fun fact: 
<em>Tumbaga</em> is an alloy made by blending gold with copper, which may give the gold a rosy hue.

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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.
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