The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 25, 2025

Necklace

c. 1200–1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec, 13th-16th century

gold, shell, turquoise
Overall: 49 cm (19 5/16 in.); Pendant: 6.3 cm (2 1/2 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1945.123
Location: Not on view

Did You Know?

These ancient beads were restrung in modern times.
  • ?-?
    (John Wise, Ltd., New York, NY, sold to Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH)
    ?-1945
    Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1945, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1945
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Milliken, William. "Exhibition of the 'Art of the Americas.'" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 32, no. 9 (November 1945): 155-171. Reproduced: p. 159 www.jstor.org
  • Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9 1945-January 6 1946. "Art of the Americas."
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1945.123