The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 29, 2024

Spiral Armilla

Spiral Armilla

c. 1500 BCE
Overall: 16.5 x 12.1 cm (6 1/2 x 4 3/4 in.)

Did You Know?

This armilla or arm ornament has a ridge along the spine, ending in a large spiral at one end.
  • Dr. Egger, Vienna, sold at Sotheby's 1891; Pitt River; (Michael Ward, New York).
  • The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991. Reproduced: p. 4 archive.org
    Kozloff, Arielle P. "Ancient East-European Bronzes." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 80, no. 4 (1993): 122-26. Reproduced: p. 123; Mentioned: p. 122-26 www.jstor.org
    Sims, Lowery Stokes. The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content, and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2006. Mentioned; P. 86; reproduced: P. 13, no. 3
  • The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland (MOCA), Cleveland, OH (June 9-August 20, 2006).
    MOCA Cleveland (6/9/2006 - 8/20/2006): "The Persistence of Geometry: Form, Content and Culture in the Collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art", no. 3, p. 115, color repr. p. 13.
    The Year in Review for 1988. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 1-May 14, 1989).
  • {{cite web|title=Spiral Armilla|url=false|author=|year=c. 1500 BCE|access-date=29 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1988.4