id: 142024
accession number: 1965.550
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Shell with Seated Noble, 600–900. Mexico or Central America, Maya. Conch shell; overall: 16.6 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm (6 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1965.550
title: Shell with Seated Noble
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creation date: 600–900
creation date earliest: 600
creation date latest: 900
current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
creditline: The Norweb Collection
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culture: Mexico or Central America, Maya
technique: conch shell
department: Art of the Americas
collection: AA - Mesoamerica
type: Sculpture
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measurements: Overall: 16.6 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm (6 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art
opening date: 1986-05-17T04:00:00
The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (organizer) (May 17-August 24, 1986); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (October 8-December 14, 1986).
title: Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum
opening date: 1991-06-07T04:00:00
Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 8, 1991).
title: The World of the Maya
opening date: 1992-06-14T04:00:00
The World of the Maya. Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum, Hildesheim, Hildesheim, Germany (organizer) (June 14-December 6, 1992); Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Köln, Germany (February 18-May 23, 1994).
title: Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya
opening date: 2004-04-04T00:00:00
Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (April 4-July 25, 2004); Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Legion of Honor, San Francisco, CA (September 4, 2004-January 2, 2005).
title: The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea
opening date: 2010-03-27T00:00:00
The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea. Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, MA (organizer) (March 27-July 18, 2010); Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, TX (August 29, 2010-January 2, 2011); Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO (February 13-May 8, 2011).
title: Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World
opening date: 2011-11-19T00:00:00
Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World. Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto M5S 2C6, Canada (organizer) (November 19, 2011-April 9, 2012); Canadian Museum of Civilization, Gatineau, Canada (May 17-October 28, 2012).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 10- October 16, 1966. " Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Cat. no. 49. repr. p. 278.', 'opening_date': '1966-09-10T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 1986. Forth Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum; (1986). "The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art."', 'opening_date': '1986-01-01T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Hildesheim, Germany: Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum; June 14- December 6, 1992. Vienna, Ausria: Kunstlerhaus; January 31- June 27, 1993. Cologne, Germany: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; February 18- May 15, 1994. "The World of the Maya." cat. no. 99, repr.p. 421.', 'opening_date': '1992-06-14T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; April 4- July 25, 2004. San Francisco, CA: California Palace of the Legion of Honor; September 4, 2004- January 2, 2005. "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya." exh. cat. no. 69, p. 137.', 'opening_date': '2004-04-04T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Boston, MA: Peabody Essex Museum; March 27- July 18, 2010. Fort Worth, TX: The Kimbell Art Museum; August 29, 2010- January 2, 2011. St. Louis, MO: The Saint Louis Art Museum; February 13- May 8, 2011. "The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea." cat. no. 40, plate 35, p. 114-115 and 301.', 'opening_date': '2010-03-27T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1965, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: ?-1965
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
date: 1965
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 293
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n317
Stechow, Wolfgang. "Cleveland's Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Art News (September 1966)
page number: p. 34 & 64,
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Lee, Sherman E. "Golden Anniversary Acquisitions: September 10 through October 16." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 53, no. 7 (1966)
page number: No. 49, p. 275
url: https://www.jstor.org/stable/25152110
The Art Gallery Magazine (October 1966).
page number: p. 12
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"The Cleveland Museum of Art, Golden Anniversary." Archaeology (October 1966).
page number: p. 282
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"Golden Anniversary: Acquisitions by the Cleveland Museum of Art." The Burlington Magazine CVIII(November 1966).
page number: p. 579, fig. 51
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Cleveland museum of art. Selected Works: The Cleveland Museum of Art. [Cleveland]: The Cleveland museum of art, 1967.
page number: No. 229
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 293
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n317
Jewkes, W. T., and Northrop Frye. Man the Myth-Maker. Orlando: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1981.
page number: p. 396
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 396
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n416
Robicsek, Francis. The Smoking Gods. Norman, OK: University of Oklahoma Press, 1978.
page number: p. 118, 140, fig. 155, pl. 124
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Berjonneau, Gerald, Emile Deletaille, and Jean-Louis Sonnery. Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras. Boulogne, France: Editions Arts, 1985. .
page number: p. 283, pl. 24
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Berjonneau, Gerald, Emile Deletaille, and Jean-Louis Sonnery. Rediscovered Masterpieces of Mesoamerica: Mexico-Guatemala-Honduras. Boulogne, France: Editions Arts, 1985.
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Lucena Salmoral, Manuel. América 1492: retrato de un continente hace quinientos años. Barcelona: Círculo de Lectores, 1991.
page number: p. 62
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Masterpieces from East and West. New York, NY: Rizzoli International, 1992.
page number: p. 180
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Sorenson, John L. Images of Ancient America: Visualizing Book of Mormon Life. Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1998.
page number: p. 151
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Miller, Mary Ellen, and Megan E. O'Neill. Maya Art and Architecture. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014.
page number: p. 221, pl. 197
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Ahrndt, Wiebke. Starker Tobak: ein Wunderkraut erobert die Welt. Basel: Museum der Kulturen, 2000.
page number: p. 71
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Grube, Nikolai. Maya Divine Kings of the Rainforest. H F Ullmann, 2016.
page number: p. 450
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Blume, Anne. "Royal Visions: Art of the Maya Courts." Art in America (December 2004).
page number: pp 102-6, 151
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Jackson, Sarah E. Politics of the Maya Court: Hierarchy and Change in the Late Classic Period. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, 2013. .
page number: p. 134, fig. 43
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Graña-Behrens, Daniel, “Death and Deer Riding among the Ancient Maya of Northwest Yucatán, Mexico.” In The Archaeology of Yucatán (Travis Stanton, ed.), Archaeopress Pre-Columbian Archaeology 1 (2014).
page number: fig. 1.7
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