Eagle Ornament
https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.290
An additional ornament probably once dangled from the eagle's beak. Similar jewelry has been found in high status Mixtec tombs at Zaachila and at Monte Albán, a Zapotec site controlled by the Mixtec after about AD 750.
Artifact
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id
125338
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| citation |
citation
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| rights |
rights
CC0
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
[
"Q79903720"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1947.29
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Source image fields (4)
| thumbnailUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.290/1947.290_web.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.290/1947.290_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1947.290/1947.290_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Culture
Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
Technique
silver
Medium
silver
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
belongs_to