Spoon with Human Figure
c. 500–200 BC
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Spoon with Human Figure, c. 500–200 BC. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style (1000-200 BC). Hammered and cut gold; overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1958.177
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Metalwork
- Formatted Medium
- hammered and cut gold
- Dimensions
- Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1958.177
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
- Exhibitions
- 25 Centuries of Peruvian Art, Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; 1950. " Ancient American Gold and Jade."<br><br>Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; 1959. " South American Fortnight." cat. no. 21, pg.10, no repr.<br><br>Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; October 4 - November 5, 1961. "Twenty-five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700B.C. - 1800 A.D." Cat. no. 6e.<br><br>New York, NY: The Museum of Primitive Art; February 21- May 6, 1962. "Gods with Fangs: The Chavin Civilization of Peru."cat.no. 22, no repr.<br><br>Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold," no objects in catalogue.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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