id:			134178
accession number:	1956.669
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1956.669
updated:		2023-03-20 14:14:12.016000

Bird Pendant, c. 1000–1550. Panama, Veraguas-Chiriquí style, 11th - 16th century. Cast gold; overall: 11.1 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm (4 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1956.669

title:				Bird Pendant
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creation date:			c. 1000–1550
creation date earliest:		1000
creation date latest:		1550
current location:		233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline:			The Norweb Collection
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culture:	Panama, Veraguas-Chiriquí style, 11th - 16th century
technique:	cast gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Intermediate Region
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Overall: 11.1 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm (4 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Palm Beach, FL: The Society of the Four Arts; January 10 - February 1,1953. "Pre-Columbian Art:  The Native Art of America Before the Conquest." Cat. no. 57, no repr. (not positive)

* Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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PROVENANCE

	Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1956, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
	date: ?-1956
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fun fact:
In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Milliken, William M. "Early Byzantine Silver." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 45, no. 3 (1958).
	page number: 	p. 91
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25142265

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