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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.
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134844
label
Pair of Ear Ornaments
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134844
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object
title
Pair of Ear Ornaments
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.
date
c. 500–200 BCE
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q60760904
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Metalwork
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1
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dimensionsRaw
Diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); Overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.)
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Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style
accession
1957.4
Source extras
tec
hammered and cut gold
tombstone
Pair of Ear Ornaments, c. 500–200 BCE. Peru, North Highlands, Chavín de Huantar(?), Chavín style. Hammered and cut gold; diameter: 9.6 cm (3 3/4 in.); overall: 2.6 cm (1 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman, 1957.400
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Cleveland Museum of Art. The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March, 1958.
page_number
89
citation
The Brummer Gallery Records. Cloisters (Museum), n.d.
page_number
N3490
citation
William Rockhill Nelson Gallery of Art and Mary Atkins Museum of Fine Arts, and Ralph T. Coe. <em>The Imagination of Primitive Man: A Survey of the Arts of the Non-Literate Peoples of the World</em>. Kansas City, Mo: The Museum, 1962.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 162, no. 269
creditline
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Tishman
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2026-05-29 06:53:12.664000
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134844
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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hammered and cut gold
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