Double Bird-Headed Figure Pendant
c. 1000–1500
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Double Bird-Headed Figure Pendant, c. 1000–1500. Costa Rica, Diquís region, 11th-16th century. Cast and hammered gold; overall: 7.2 x 9.4 cm (2 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Thirty-fifth anniversary gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, Gift of their daughter, Helen 1951.442
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- cast and hammered gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7.2 x 9.4 cm (2 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1951.442
- Credit Line
- Thirty-fifth anniversary gift in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, Gift of their daughter, Helen
- Exhibitions
- Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold.", Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; June 7-September 8, 1991. "Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates and Art Museum."
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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