The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 19, 2024

Pendant

Pendant

400–700
cast gold
Overall: 7.4 x 5.2 x 5.2 cm (2 15/16 x 2 1/16 x 2 1/16 in.)
The Norweb Collection 1939.509
Location: 233 Mesoamerican and Intermediate Region

Did You Know?

In the Panama-Costa Rica region, gold ornaments were associated with political and religious authority.
  • ?-1939
    Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland, OH, 1939, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
    1939
    The Cleveland Museum of Art
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958. Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 382 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. Reproduced: p. 295 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. Reproduced: p. 295 archive.org
    The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. Reproduced: p. 399 archive.org
    Torres, Constantino Manuel. Shamanism: Visions Outside of Time. Santiago: Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, 2023 fig 8, p. 50
  • Shamanism. Museo Chileno de Arte Precolombino, Santiago, Chile (organizer) (December 1, 2022-June 30, 2023) https://museo.precolombino.cl/2022/12/12/chamanismo-visiones-fuera-del-tiempo-la-nueva-exposicion-del-museo-chileno-de-arte-precolombino/.
    Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art [FRAME]. Musée Fabre, Montpellier, France (July 16-September 29, 2002); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen, Rouen, France (October 24, 2002-January 13, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Lyon, 69001 Lyon, France (February 19-April 29, 2003); Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes, Rennes, France (May 27-August 18, 2003); Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis, MN (organizer) (October 26, 2003-January 11, 2004).
    Montpellier, France: Musee Fabre; July 16- September 29, 2002. Rouen, France: Musee des Beaux- Arts; October 24, 2002- January 13, 2003. Lyon, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; February 19- April 28, 2003. Rennes, France: Musee des Beaux-Arts; May 27- August 18, 2003. Minneapolis, MN: Minneapolis Institute of Arts; October 26, 2003- January 11, 2004. FRAME exhibition -- "Sacred Symbols: Three Thousand Years of Native American Art."
    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."
    Munich, Germany: Haus der Kunst; October 17-December 12, 1958. Zurich, Switzerland: Kunsthaus; January 1-February 28, 1959. Paris, France: Galerie Charpentier; March 15-May 15, 1959. The Netherlands: The Hague; June 1-July 31, 1959. Circulating exhibition" Pre- Columbian Art from Mexico and Central America."
    Winnipeg, Canada: Winnipeg Art Gallery Association, Civic Auditorium; April 21- May 19, 1957. "Art of the Americas Before Columbus." exh. cat. no. 20, repr in black and white, p. 13.
    New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art; January 26- March 26, 1954. "Ancient Arts of the Andes." exh. cat. fig. 156, repr. in black and white, p. 136.
    Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; October 6- November 19, 1950. "Ancient American Gold and Jade." exh. cat. no. 73.
    Art of the Americas. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 9, 1945-January 6, 1946).
    Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art; November 9, 1945- January 6, 1946. "Art of the Americas." repr. in catalogue, black and white, p. 43.
    Toledo, OH: Toledo Museum of Art; January, 1944. "The Ancient Art of the North American Continent".
    Los Angeles, Ca: Los Angeles Museum of History, Science and Art; March 15 - April 15, 1940. "Pre-Columbian Art." exh. cat. no. 28.
    Dallas, TX: Neiman-Marcus Co.; October 19-31, 1959. "South American Fortnight." exh. cat. no. 23.
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