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Animal-Headed Figure Pendant, 1–800 CE

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

1–800 CE · Metalwork

May one see it?

Yes, receiving visitors

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Room233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region

On public display.

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In this state since
Source
The museum
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About the sculpture

The same creature, nasty but precious, appears in both pendants (1939.515). Human in its posture and arms, its head is that of an animal with a long, toothy snout. It holds batons to its mouth, and whiskers or ears flare from the sides of the head. The little headdress domes are mystifying; they have been described as mushrooms, gourds, and ceramic vessels, among other things.

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Particulars

Accession number
1939.514

In the catalog

SculptureMetalColombia, Quimbaya or Yotoco style

Sources

In the same room · 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Museum page
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