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
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creation date:			c. 800–1470
creation date earliest:		800
creation date latest:		1470
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creditline:			James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
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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
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measurements: Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.)
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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'}

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PROVENANCE

	Brummer Collection
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	Brummer Collection
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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William. "Pre-Columbian Accessions." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>37, no. 1 (January 1950): 10-11, 14-16.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 11; Mentioned: p. 15
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141601

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