id: 135152 accession number: 1958.183 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1958.183 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:12.365000 Nose Ornament, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; overall: 2.3 x 5.2 cm (7/8 x 2 1/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1958.183 title: Nose Ornament title in original language: series: series in original language: 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 copyright: --- 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 find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 2.3 x 5.2 cm (7/8 x 2 1/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * New York, NY: The Museum of Primitve Art; February 21- May 6, 1962. "Gods with Fangs: The Chavin Civilization of Peru." cat. no. 35, no repr. * Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." --- PROVENANCE Juan Dalmau, Peru, to Francisco Xavier Mandiola date: footnotes: citations: Francisco Xavier Mandiola, sold to Joseph Brummer, Brummer Gallery date: ?-1935 footnotes: citations: Joseph Brummer, to Dr. Vladimir G. Simkovitch date: 1935-1947 footnotes: citations: Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, to Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman date: 1947-1958 footnotes: citations: The Cleveland Museum of Art date: 1958-? footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: 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. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. page number: N3507 url: https://libmma.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p16028coll9/id/11712/rec/1 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.183/1958.183_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.183/1958.183_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1958.183/1958.183_full.tif