id: 126801 accession number: 1949.197 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.197 updated: 2025-02-09 01:26:46.190000 Monkey Finial, c. 800–1470. Peru, North Coast, Sicán or Chimú, 9th-15th Century. Hammered and embossed gold alloy; overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund 1949.197 title: Monkey Finial title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 800–1470 creation date earliest: 800 creation date latest: 1470 current location: creditline: James Albert Ford Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: Peru, North Coast, Sicán or Chimú, 9th-15th Century technique: hammered and embossed gold alloy department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Andes type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * {'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. 89, fig. 101.', 'opening_date': '1954-01-26T00:00:00'} --- PROVENANCE Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16. page number: Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 15 url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141601 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.197/1949.197_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.197/1949.197_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1949.197/1949.197_full.tif