The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of August 17, 2022

Shell Pendant

c. 1200-1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Mixtec style

Gold

Overall: 7.7 x 2.2 cm (3 1/16 x 7/8 in.)

John L. Severance Fund 1952.86

Location

233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region

Citations
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 292 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 292 archive.org
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 395 archive.org
Levine, Marc N. “Ceramic Molds for Mixtec Gold: A New Lost-Wax Casting Technique from Prehispanic Mexico.” Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory 26 (2019). 423–56, illustrated fig. 10p
Exhibition history

Los Angeles: CA: Los Angeles County Museum; March 19-May 15, 1964. "Gold Before

Columbus," cat. no. 2, pg 24. black and white repr. pg. 23.

Boston, MA: Museum of Fine Arts Boston, December 5, 1968- January 12, 1969. Chicago, IL: The Art Institute of Chicago; February 1- March 9, 1969. Richmond, VA: Virgina Museum of Fine Arts; March 24- April 20, 1969. "The Gold of Ancient America." cat. no. 129, pg. 143, black and white repr.

Norfolk, VA: Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences; April 12- May 31, 1970. "The Arts of Pre-Hispanic America."

Gold Before Columbus. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA (co-organizer) (March 18-May 15, 1964).

The Gold of Ancient America. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (organizer) (December 1, 1968-January 18, 1969); The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL (February 1-March 9, 1969); Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, VA (March 24-April 20, 1969).

The Arts of Pre- Hispanic America. The Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, VA (organizer) (April 12-May 31, 1970).

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