id: 123779 accession number: 1944.291 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.291 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:07.165000 Ornament with Figure, 600–1000. Central Andes, Wari style. Shell, stone, and metal (silver?); overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen 1944.291 title: Ornament with Figure title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 600–1000 creation date earliest: 600 creation date latest: 1000 current location: 232 Andean creditline: In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen copyright: --- culture: Central Andes, Wari style technique: shell, stone, and metal (silver?) department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Jewelry find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 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: Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca opening date: 2004-10-16T00:00:00 Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca. Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (organizer) (October 16, 2004-January 23, 2005). title: Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes opening date: 2012-10-28T00:00:00 Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 28, 2012-January 6, 2013); Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art (February 10-May 19, 2013); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (June 16-September 8, 2013). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945- January 6 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 48.
Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade."
Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
Denver, CO: Denver Art Museum; October 16, 2004- January 23, 2005. "Tiwanaku: Ancestors of the Inca." exh. cat. no. 6.2, p.153.
The Cleveland Museum fo Art (10/28/2012 - 1/6/2013); Ft. Lauderdale Museum of Art, FL (2/10/2013 - 5/19/2013); and the Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX ((6/16/2013 - 9/8/2013): "Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes" --- PROVENANCE John Wise, Ltd. date: footnotes: citations: (John Wise, Ltd.) date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: Affixed to a section of white shell is the image of a Wari dignitary, assembled of carefully carved mosaic elements. The purple and pink shapes are made of shell, while the green is serpentine. The spots on the figure's tunic are probably pyrite, which was originally smooth and reflective. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Foote, Helen S. "An Ornament from the Coast of Peru." Cleveland Museum of Art. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1945. page number: Reproduced: p. 31 url: 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. 353 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n67 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. 297 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n321 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. 297 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n321 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. 401 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n421 Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes. [New York]: Thames & Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012. page number: Mentioned: p. 271, cat. 74; Reproduced: p. 226, fig. 213 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.291/1944.291_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.291/1944.291_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1944.291/1944.291_full.tif