id: 172471 accession number: 2015.11 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/2015.11 updated: 2022-08-03 09:01:27.948000 Feline Pendant, 1000-1550. Isthmian Region, Panama-Costa Rica, Veraguas-Chiriquí style, 11th century-16th century. Gold, cast; overall: 3.4 x 3 cm (1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund 2015.11 title: Feline Pendant title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1000-1550 creation date earliest: 1000 creation date latest: 1550 current location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region creditline: Severance and Greta Millikin Purchase Fund copyright: --- culture: Isthmian Region, Panama-Costa Rica, Veraguas-Chiriquí style, 11th century-16th century technique: gold, cast department: Art of the Americas collection: AA - Intermediate Region type: Metalwork find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 3.4 x 3 cm (1 5/16 x 1 3/16 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: In the Panama-Costa Rica region gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority. digital description: wall description: This memorable jaguar pendant is a nasty precious—nasty because it holds a severed limb (probably human) in its fanged mouth but precious due to its material, its well-polished silky surface, and the charming rendering, which reduces the jaguar to cartoon-like essentials. The warm, rosy color is the result of copper in the alloy. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 83 url: --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.11/2015.11_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.11/2015.11_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/2015.11/2015.11_full.tif