The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of March 28, 2024
Monkey Finial
c. 800–1470
Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.)
James Albert Ford Memorial Fund 1949.197
Location: not on view
Description
This three-dimensional sculpture constructed of sheet gold may have served as the finial for a staff or baton. It represents a monkey holding a fruit.- Brummer CollectionBrummer Collection
- New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26-March 26, 1954. "Ancient Arts of the Andes." exh. cat. repr. in black and white, p. 89, fig. 101.
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Source URL:
https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1949.197