id:			125947
accession number:	1948.18
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1948.18
updated:		2023-01-10 22:54:54.962000

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant, c. 1000–1550. Costa Rica, Diquís region, 11th-16th century. Cast gold; overall: 8.7 x 9 x 3.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund 1948.18

title:				Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
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creation date:			c. 1000–1550
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1550
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
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culture:	Costa Rica, Diquís region, 11th-16th century
technique:	cast gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 8.7 x 9 x 3.1 cm (3 7/16 x 3 9/16 x 1 1/4 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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Among the pendants shown here are a crustacean (1943.290), an animal-headed figure (1948.18), and two pendants featuring birds (1951.442 and 1946.223). The latter were dubbed aguilas (eagles) by Christopher Columbus, who saw natives wearing them as necklace ornaments. Modern researchers are not as sure of the species shown, but some believe that they are birds of prey because talons and beaks are prominent and often clutch something, in one example here a small, disembodied head that holds a clapper. In both examples, two tufts in the form of crocodiles in profile flank the birds’ heads.
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