id:			154261
accession number:	1988.71
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1988.71
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Running Animals Belt, c. 1000 BC. Russia or Turkey, Caucasus, Koban culture, early 11th Century BC. Bronze, hammered and incised; overall: 7.6 x 67.6 x 1.2 cm (3 x 26 5/8 x 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In honor of Kathleen B. Sherwin 1988.71

title:				Running Animals Belt
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creation date:			c. 1000 BC
creation date earliest:		-1005
creation date latest:		-995
current location:		102A Ancient Near East
creditline:			In honor of Kathleen B. Sherwin
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culture:	Russia or Turkey, Caucasus, Koban culture, early 11th Century BC
technique:	bronze, hammered and incised
department:	Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
collection:	Near Eastern Art
type:		Metalwork
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CREATORS

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measurements: Overall: 7.6 x 67.6 x 1.2 cm (3 x 26 5/8 x 1/2 in.)
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		The Year in Review for 1988
	opening date:   1989-03-01T05:00:00
	<i>The Year in Review for 1988</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	(Atlantis Antiquities, NY)
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fun fact:
The Scythians arose from nomadic tribes that wandered from the steppes to eastern Europe; the greatest numbers of finds related to them have come from the areas around the Black Sea.

digital description:
The design is one of running and leaping animals "drawn" with an elegance, vigor, and power reminiscent of those cultures who have lived most closely with wild animals and therefore appreciated them best, such as, for one example, the Neolithic cave painters of Lascaux. The animal figures on the belt are not actually drawn, but are punched with an extremely fine punch tool in very carefully planned lines that actually look as though they are drawn. This was a technique used in about 1000 BC.

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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Kozloff, Arielle, and Nino Urushadze. "Animal Style Bronze Art and Its Closest Parallels: A Bronze Belt and Axe Head." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 81, no. 5 (1994): 118-39.
	page number: 	Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 118-39
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25161453

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IMAGES

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