Plaque
c. 500–200 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Plaque, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Coast, Chongoyape(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; overall: 21.8 x 10.8 cm (8 9/16 x 4 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1946.117
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- hammered and cut gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 21.8 x 10.8 cm (8 9/16 x 4 1/4 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1946.117
- Credit Line
- Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
- Exhibitions
- The Imagination of Primitive Man, Peru: Les Incas, Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November Ancient 19, 1950. "American Gold and Jade." cat.no. 42, pg 18, no repr.<br><br>New York, NY: The Museum of Modern Art; 1954. "Ancient Arts of the Andes."<br><br>Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; 1959. "South American Fortnight." no repr.<br><br>Kansas City, MO: William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art; January 18-February25, 1962. "The Imagination of Primitive Man", cat. no. 267, p. 160, no repr. January 3, 1962. (shipping request date).<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold." <br><br>Brussells, Belgium: Museum royaux d'art; September 13, 1990.(the shipping date) exhibition catalogue- "Peru- Les Incas".
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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