id: 123779
accession number: 1944.291
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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
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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
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culture: Central Andes, Wari style
technique: shell, stone, and metal (silver?)
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Andes
type: Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
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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).
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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"
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PROVENANCE
John Wise, Ltd.
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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
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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
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