The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of December 17, 2025

Bird Pendant

1350–1519

Mexico, Oaxaca, Ejutla, Mixtec

(?)
cast gold
Overall: 4 x 3.1 x 1.2 cm (1 9/16 x 1 1/4 x 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. James C. Gruener 1990.201
Location: Not on view
  • ?-1957
    Unnamed party in Oaxaca, Oaxaca, MX, sold to James C. and Florence C. Gruener
    ?1958-1990
    James C. [1903-1990] and Florence C. [1908-1982] Gruener, Cleveland, OH, bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1990
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • Young-Sánchez, Margaret. “The Gruener Collection of Pre-Columbian Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 7 (September 1992): 234–275. Mentioned: p. 274, no. 111 www.jstor.org
  • {{cite web|title=Bird Pendant|url=false|author=|year=1350–1519|access-date=17 December 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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