id:			135146
accession number:	1958.178
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.178
updated:		2023-01-11 00:37:36.621000

Spoon with Bird, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1958.178

title:				Spoon with Bird
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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: Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; 1958." Ancient American Gold and Jade."<br><br>Boston, MA: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; October 4- November 5, 1961. " Twenty-Five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700 B.C- 1800 A.D." cat. no. <br><br>New York, NY: The Museum of Primitive Art; February 21- May 6, 1962. "Gods with Fangs: The Chavin Civilization of Peru."<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966.  "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

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PROVENANCE

	Juan Dalmau, Peru
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	Jospeh 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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wall description:
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 Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
	page number: 	N3502
	url:		https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/11697/rec/1

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