Pair of Ear Ornaments

c. 500–200 BC

Maker Unknown

Art of the Americas

Pair of Ear Ornaments, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín Style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1957.400

Original Source

Maker/Artist: Maker Unknown
Classification: Metalwork
Formatted Medium: hammered and cut gold
Medium: hammered, cut, gold
Dimensions: Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
Departments: Art of the Americas
Accession Number: 1957.400
Credit Line: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
Exhibitions: 25 Centuries of Peruvian Art, The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America
Rights Statement: CC0
Museum Location: 232 Andean