id:			123806
accession number:	1944.319
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1944.319
updated:		2024-03-26 01:57:58.848000

Staff Head(?), c. 400–700. Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century. Cast gold; overall: 8.3 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 15/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1944.319

title:				Staff Head(?)
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creation date:			c. 400–700
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		700
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Colombia or Panama, International style, 5th-8th Century
technique:	cast gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 8.3 x 7.2 x 2.4 cm (3 1/4 x 2 13/16 x 15/16 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	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:		Treasures of Peruvian Gold
	opening date:   1966-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945- January 6 1946.  "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 42.', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6-November 19, 1950.  "Ancient American Gold&#9;and Jade."', 'opening_date': '1950-10-06T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York,  NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26-March 26, 1954.  "Ancient Arts of the Andes." exh. cat., repr. in black and white  p. 155, fig. 181.', 'opening_date': '1954-01-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21-May 19, 1957.  "Art of the Americas Before Columbus." exh. cat. no. 22, listed p. 10, repr in black and white, p. 11.', 'opening_date': '1957-04-21T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentine; March 15- May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1- July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition of "Pre-Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."', 'opening_date': '1958-10-17T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23- April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."', 'opening_date': '1966-02-23T00:00:00'}

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Foote, Helen S. "A Gold Staff Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1945.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 31
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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. 376
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n71

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 295
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n319

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 295
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n319

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 399
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n419

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