id: 126801 accession number: 1949.197 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1949.197 updated: 2023-08-23 20:42:57.013000 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 * 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. --- PROVENANCE Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: Brummer Collection date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: This three-dimensional sculpture constructed of sheet gold may have served as the finial for a staff or baton. It represents a monkey holding a fruit. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- 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