The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of May 28, 2022

Bird Ornament

c. 900-600 BC

North coast of Peru, Cupisnique Style, 9th-6th Century BC

Shell with stone inlay

Overall: 3.9 x 3.9 cm (1 9/16 x 1 9/16 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1946.230

Location

not on view

Provenance
?-1946
Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1946, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1946
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Exhibition history

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. " Art of the Americas."

Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."

Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).

Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1946.230