id:			124127
accession number:	1945.123
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1945.123
updated:		2025-02-09 01:06:59.725000

Necklace, c. 1200–1519. Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec, 13th-16th century. Gold, shell, turquoise; overall: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); pendant: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1945.123

title:				Necklace
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creation date:			c. 1200–1519
creation date earliest:		1200
creation date latest:		1519
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creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec, 13th-16th century
technique:	gold, shell, turquoise
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Mesoamerica
type:		Jewelry
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measurements: Overall: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); Pendant: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 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).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945-January 6 1946. "Art of the Americas."', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	(John Wise, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH)
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	Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1945, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Exhibition of the 'Art of the Americas.'" <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>32, no. 9 (November 1945): 155-171.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 159
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141236

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IMAGES

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