id:			134845
accession number:	1957.400.1
share license status:	CC0
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Ear Ornament, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín Style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1957.400.1

title:				Ear Ornament
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creation date:			c. 500–200 BC
creation date earliest:		-500
creation date latest:		-200
current location:		232 Andean
creditline:			Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
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culture:	Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín Style (1000-200 BC)
technique:	hammered and cut gold
department:	Art of the Americas
collection:	AA - Andes
type:		Metalwork
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measurements: Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America
	opening date:   1970-04-12T05:00:00
	<i>The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America</i>. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (organizer) (April 12-May 31, 1970).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; October 4 - November 5, 1961.  "Twenty-five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700B.C. - 1800 A.D." Cat. no. 6c, repr. in black and white, bottom.<br><br>Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; January 18-February 25, 1962.  "The Imagination of Primitive Man", cat. no. 269, p. 162. no repr.<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." <br><br>Norfolk, VA: Norfolk Museum of Arts &amp; Sciences; April 12- May 13, 1970. " The Arts of Pre-Hispanic America."

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PROVENANCE

	Juan Dalmau, Peru
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	Joseph Brummer
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	Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
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	Juan Dalmau, Peru; Joseph Brummer; Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
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There seems to be a link between Chavín religion and appearance of the Andes’ first large precious-metal objects, made using revolutionary new metallurgical processes. Chavín may have developed these technical innovations to express the inexpressible, the "wholly other" nature of its religion. In many areas, elite men and women wore the ornaments as emblems of their ties to this religion, and eventually were buried with them. These 16 objects, along with three others not in the museum’s collection, are said to have come as a group from Chavín itself.
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1958.
	page number: 	89
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