id:			130039
accession number:	1952.459
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1952.459
updated:		2024-03-26 01:58:25.983000

Pectoral (Chest Plaque), 400–900. Intermediate Region, Panama, Conte style, 5th-10th Century. Gold alloy; overall: 25.1 x 26.7 cm (9 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Mrs. Albert S. Ingalls, with additions from the John L. Severance Fund 1952.459

title:				Pectoral (Chest Plaque)
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creation date:			400–900
creation date earliest:		400
creation date latest:		900
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			Gift of Mrs. R. Henry Norweb, Mrs. Albert S. Ingalls, with additions from the John L. Severance Fund
copyright:			

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culture:	Intermediate Region, Panama, Conte style, 5th-10th Century
technique:	gold alloy
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Metalwork
find spot:	Sitio Conte, Panama
catalogue raisonne: 

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measurements: Overall: 25.1 x 26.7 cm (9 7/8 x 10 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Treasures of Peruvian Gold
	opening date:   1966-02-23T05:00:00
	<i>Treasures of Peruvian Gold</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas."', 'opening_date': '1945-11-09T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."', 'opening_date': '1966-02-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Chicago, Illinois: The Art Institute of Chicago; October 10, 1992-January 3, 1993. Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art; June 6- August 15, 1993. "The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscape." Fig. 5, repr. p. 220, cat, no. 53.', 'opening_date': '1993-06-06T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., to John Wise Ltd. Galleries, New York, NY
	date: 1930s-1952
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	(John Wise Ltd. Galleries, New York, NY, 1952, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)
	date: 1952
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: 1952-present
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	<em>Memoirs of the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology</em>, Cocle, Vol. 7.
	page number: 	fig. 247, no. 16
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
	page number: 	Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 381
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n71

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 294
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n318

	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Selected Works: Cleveland Museum of Art. </em>1967.
	page number: 	No. 237
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 294
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n318

	GENTILLE, Thomas. [Step by Step Jewelry.]<em> Jewellery. A Complete Introduction to the Craft of Jewellery</em>. London: Evans Bros, 1973.
	page number: 	p. 35
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 398
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n418

	Hearne, Pamela, and Robert J. Sharer. <em>River of Gold--Precolumbian Treasures from Sitio Conte</em>. Philadelphia: University Museum, University of Pennsylvania, 1992.
	page number: 	p. 22-31
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	Townsend, Richard F., and Anthony F. Aveni. <em>The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes. </em>Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1992.
	page number: 	p. 220
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	May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001.
	page number: 	no. 109, p. 98, 220
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	Jones, Julie. <em>Art of Pre-Columbian Gold: The Jan Mitchell Collection.</em> [Place of publication not identified]: Metropolitan Mus Of Art, 2012.
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	Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.
	page number: 	Mentioned and reproduced: P. 336-337
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