The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of March 28, 2024

Spoon with Bird

Spoon with Bird

c. 500–200 BCE
Location: 232 Andean

Description

There seems to be a link between Chavín religion and appearance of the Andes’ first large precious-metal objects, made using revolutionary new metallurgical processes. Chavín may have developed these technical innovations to express the inexpressible, the "wholly other" nature of its religion. In many areas, elite men and women wore the ornaments as emblems of their ties to this religion, and eventually were buried with them. These 16 objects, along with three others not in the museum’s collection, are said to have come as a group from Chavín itself.
  • Juan Dalmau, Peru
    Jospeh Brummer
    Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
    Juan Dalmau, Peru; Joseph Brummer; Dr. Vladimir G. Simkhovitch
  • The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d. N3502 libmma.contentdm.oclc.org
  • 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."
    New York, NY: The Museum of Primitive Art; February 21- May 6, 1962. "Gods with Fangs: The Chavin Civilization of Peru."
    Boston, MA: The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; October 4- November 5, 1961. " Twenty-Five Centuries of Peruvian Art, 700 B.C- 1800 A.D." cat. no.
    Cincinnati, OH: The Taft Museum; 1958." Ancient American Gold and Jade."
  • {{cite web|title=Spoon with Bird|url=false|author=|year=c. 500–200 BCE|access-date=28 March 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

Source URL:

https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1958.178