The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 23, 2025

Disk

850–1460
Silver
Diameter: 34.4 cm (13 9/16 in.)
Severance and Greta Millikin Trust 2019.166
Location: 232 Andean

Did You Know?

This disk could have been attached to a banner or a ceremonial shield.

Description

This disk belongs to a group of more than 20 similar disks pierced for attachment to a backing. The disks fall into four groups based on imagery. Here, each band features two alternating motifs: a human and a bird; a human and a zoomorphic creature; two geometric motifs, one filled with animals and the other with tiny birds; and two birds.
  • The display case for this object requires desiccant to maintain a stable humidity of 40% RH and scavengers to adsorb gaseous pollutants. The archaeological silver has been polished in the past and remains potentially reactive to atmospheric pollutants. This object has received a reversible, clear coating of Agateen lacquer #27 (cellulose nitrate) to help reduce the possibility of corrosion.
  • mid-1960s-1988
    Leon Pomerance, New York, NY
    1988
    Merrin Gallery, New York, NY
    1988-2019
    William B. Ziff, Jr., New York, NY
    2019-
    The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
  • Bergh, Susan E. “Acquisitions 2019: Pre-Columbian and Native North American Art.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 60, no. 2 (March/April 2020): 14-15. Reproduced and Mentioned: P. 15.
    “New on View: An Ornamental Disk.” Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 61, no. 2 (Spring 2021): Back cover. Reproduced and Mentioned: Back cover.
  • Weaving and the Social World, 3000 Years of Ancient Andean Textiles, Yale University Art Gallery (May 20 - September 1, 2016)
  • {{cite web|title=Disk|url=false|author=|year=850–1460|access-date=23 April 2025|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/2019.166