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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
125338
label
Eagle Ornament
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
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125338
contentType
object
title
Eagle Ornament
description
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.
date
c. 1200–1519
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q79903720
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Metalwork
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); Overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
cul
Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
accession
1947.29
Source extras
tec
silver
tombstone
Eagle Ornament, c. 1200–1519. Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style. Silver; diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert Ford Memorial Fund, 1947.290
collection
AA - Mesoamerica
creditline
James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 06:28:30.273000
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125338
dept
Art of the Americas
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AA - Mesoamerica
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silver
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1
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0
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photo
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