The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 19, 2024

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

c. 1000–1550
Overall: 11.1 x 4.3 x 3.5 cm (4 3/8 x 1 11/16 x 1 3/8 in.)

Did You Know?

In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.
  • ?-1956
    Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984] and Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983], Cleveland OH, 1956, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Milliken, William M. "Early Byzantine Silver." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 45, no. 3 (1958). p. 91 www.jstor.org
  • Treasures of Peruvian Gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).
    Palm Beach, FL: The Society of the Four Arts; January 10 - February 1,1953. "Pre-Columbian Art: The Native Art of America Before the Conquest." Cat. no. 57, no repr. (not positive)
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
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Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1956.669