Shell with Seated Noble
600–900
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Shell with Seated Noble, 600–900. Mexico or Central America, Maya style (250-900). Conch shell; overall: 16.6 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm (6 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1965.550 A Maya nobleman smokes a cigar as he reaches toward a shell with a serpent.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Sculpture
- Formatted Medium
- conch shell
- Dimensions
- Overall: 16.6 x 7.9 x 3.5 cm (6 9/16 x 3 1/8 x 1 3/8 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1965.550
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Exhibitions
- Object Lessons: Cleveland Creates an Art Museum, The World of the Maya, Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya, The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea, Maya: Secrets of Their Ancient World, Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; September 10- October 16, 1966. " Golden Anniversary Acquisitions." Cat. no. 49. repr. p. 278., Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 1986. Forth Worth, TX: Kimbell Art Museum; (1986). "The Blood of Kings: A New Interpretation of Maya Art.", Hildesheim, Germany: Roemer und Pelizaeus Museum; June 14- December 6, 1992. Vienna, Ausria: Kunstlerhaus; January 31- June 27, 1993. Cologne, Germany: Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; February 18- May 15, 1994. "The World of the Maya." cat. no. 99, repr.p. 421., Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art; April 4- July 25, 2004. San Francisco, CA: California Palace of the Legion of Honor; September 4, 2004- January 2, 2005. "Courtly Art of the Ancient Maya." exh. cat. no. 69, p. 137., Boston, MA: Peabody Essex Museum; March 27- July 18, 2010. Fort Worth, TX: The Kimbell Art Museum; August 29, 2010- January 2, 2011. St. Louis, MO: The Saint Louis Art Museum; February 13- May 8, 2011. "The Fiery Pool: The Maya and the Mythic Sea." cat. no. 40, plate 35, p. 114-115 and 301.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
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