The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of November 14, 2024
Pectoral (Chest Ornament)
1–800 CE
(Colombia)
Overall: 22.7 x 28.5 x 2.9 cm (8 15/16 x 11 1/4 x 1 1/8 in.)
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region
Did You Know?
Calima bilobed pectorals are among the largest torso ornaments ever made in the ancient Americas.Description
Bilobed pectorals are some of the most flamboyant objects created by artists in Colombia’s Calima region. Chiefs apparently wore such pectorals—among the largest torso adornments ever created in the ancient Americas—with other gold objects, including bracelets, dramatic headdress adornments, and ear and nose ornaments like those shown on the pectoral itself. Thus, they armored themselves in gold, which likely had complex symbolism; for instance, it may have been associated with the sun and thereby with nourishing cosmic energies and positive moral behavior.- Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum Masters: 2016-17 Companion Guide. [Cleveland, Ohio]: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2016. Mentioned and Reproduced: P. 82-83Bergh, Susan E. “Acquisitions 2015: Pre-Columbian and Native North American Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine vol. 56, no. 2 (March/April 2016): 32-33. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 32. archive.orgGriswold, William M. "Recent Acquisitions (2013-20) at the Cleveland Museum of Art," The Burlington Magazine 163, no. 1414 (January 2021): 93-104. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 101, no. 17; mentioned: P. 93
- Recent Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 17-June 7, 2018).
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