The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2025

Pin Ornament

c. 500–200 BCE
(?)
hammered and cut gold
Overall: 7.2 cm (2 13/16 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman 1958.179
Location: 232 Andean

Description

There seems to be a link between Chavín religion and appearance of the Andes’ first large precious-metal objects, made using revolutionary new metallurgical processes. Chavín may have developed these technical innovations to express the inexpressible, the "wholly other" nature of its religion. In many areas, elite men and women wore the ornaments as emblems of their ties to this religion, and eventually were buried with them. These 16 objects, along with three others not in the museum’s collection, are said to have come as a group from Chavín itself.
  • Juan Dalmau, Peru, to Francisco Xavier Mandiola
    ?-1935
    Francisco Xavier Mandiola, sold to Joseph Brummer, Brummer Gallery
    1935-1947
    Joseph Brummer, to Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
    1947-1958
    Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch, to Cleveland Museum of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
    1958-?
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N3494 athena.clevelandart.org
  • Treasures of Peruvian Gold. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (February 23-April 3, 1966).
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; February 23-April 3, 1966. "Treasures of Peruvian Gold."
  • {{cite web|title=Pin Ornament|url=false|author=|year=c. 500–200 BCE|access-date=23 April 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.179