id:			128159
accession number:	1951.153
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1951.153
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Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant, 1000–1550. Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Parita style, 11th-16th century. Cast gold; overall: 4.2 x 8.1 x 1.6 cm (1 5/8 x 3 3/16 x 5/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Thirty-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Albert Ingalls 1951.153

title:				Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant
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creation date:			1000–1550
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1550
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Thirty-fifth anniversary gift of Mrs. Albert Ingalls
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culture:	Panama, Azuero Peninsula, Parita style, 11th-16th century
technique:	cast gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 4.2 x 8.1 x 1.6 cm (1 5/8 x 3 3/16 x 5/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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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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PROVENANCE

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wall description:
Both pendants depict paired figures with tusklike noses. The "tusks" perhaps refer to the upswept nose of the leaf-nosed bat, an agile hunter whose "leaf" helps it to snatch prey from midair. The bat's success as a hunter is part of the reason that some identify such paired figures as warriors. They each hold a paddle-shaped object; the larger pair, in elaborate costumes, also clutches staffs.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Cleveland Museum of Art, “Recent Acquisitions Press Release,” August 15, 1951, Cleveland Museum of Art Archives.
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	url:		https://archive.org/details/cmapr0028

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IMAGES

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