id:			120726
accession number:	1941.46
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.46
updated:		2025-02-09 00:42:44.978000

Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl), 1325–1521. Central Mexico, Aztec or modern, Post-Classic Period or modern. Stone; overall: 27.7 x 20.1 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1941.46

title:				Feathered Serpent (Quetzalcoatl)
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creation date:			1325–1521
creation date earliest:		1325
creation date latest:		1521
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creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
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culture:	Central Mexico, Aztec or modern, Post-Classic Period or modern
technique:	stone
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Stone
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measurements: Overall: 27.7 x 20.1 x 22 cm (10 7/8 x 7 15/16 x 8 11/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Art of the Americas
	opening date:   1943-03-19T04:00:00
	<i>Art of the Americas</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 19-April 11, 1943).

	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).

	title:		The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America
	opening date:   1970-04-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America</i>. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (organizer) (April 12-May 31, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '<em>Art Marches On</em>. Flint Institute of the Arts, Flint, MI (November 14–December 31, 1941)', 'opening_date': '1941-11-14T05:00:00Z'}

* {'description': '<em>The Ancient Art of the North American Continent</em>. Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, OH (January 1944)', 'opening_date': '1944-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '<em>Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest. </em>The Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, FL (January 10–February 1,1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-01T05:00:00Z'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Flint Institute of Arts. <em>Art Marches on!: The Opening and Dedicating Exhibition of the New Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan, November 14-December 13, 1941</em>. Flint, Mich.: The Institute, 1941.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: p. 27, cat. no. 46
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	Flint Institute of Arts. <em>Art Marches on!: The Opening and Dedicating Exhibition of the New Flint Institute of Arts</em>, Flint, Michigan, November 14-December 13, 1941. Flint, Mich: The Institute.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 27, no. 46
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	Cleveland Museum of Art, and Jay I. Kislak Reference Collection (Library of Congress). <em>Art of the Americas.</em> Cleveland: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1946.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 21
	url:		https://archive.org/details/ArtoftheAmericas

	Society of the Four Arts (Palm Beach, Fla), and Gordon F. Ekholm. <em>Pre-Columbian Art, the Native Art of America Before the Conquest: Jan. 10-Feb. 1, 1953</em>. Palm Beach: Society of the Four Arts, 1952.
	page number: 	Mentioned: cat. no. 49
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 363
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n69

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IMAGES

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full:	https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1941.46/1941.46_full.tif