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{
    "localId": "152258",
    "label": "Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads",
    "core": "obj",
    "dtoType": "object"
}

{
    "id": "152258",
    "contentType": "object",
    "title": "Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads",
    "description": "These two rare fragments of equal size and mounted side by side feature fanged heads connected by a fanged mouth band. Each band ascends as a column above a rectangular, disembodied eye that implies the original presence of large figures or heads beneath the bands. Fanged heads are common markers of the supernatural in Chavín art, an early style that developed in the highlands of Peru. The original textile may have served as a ceremonial wall hanging.",
    "date": "500–200 BCE",
    "citation": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.139",
    "rights": "CC0",
    "rightsUri": "CC0",
    "language": "en",
    "wikidata": [
        "Q79936412"
    ],
    "genreSpecific": [
        "Textile"
    ],
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    "thumbnailUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.139/1985.139_web.jpg",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.139/1985.139_web.jpg",
    "imageCount": 1,
    "source": "import",
    "dimensionsRaw": "Overall: 112 x 61.2 cm (44 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.); Mounted: 123.8 x 72.4 cm (48 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.)",
    "cul": [
        "Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Chavín style"
    ],
    "accession": "1985.139"
}

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    "tec": "cotton: plain weave patterned by fiber-wrapped warps and supplementary wefts",
    "tombstone": "Two Textile Fragment with Fanged Heads, 500–200 BCE. Peru, South Coast, Ica Valley, Chavín style. Cotton: plain weave patterned by fiber-wrapped warps and supplementary wefts; overall: 112 x 61.2 cm (44 1/8 x 24 1/8 in.); mounted: 123.8 x 72.4 cm (48 3/4 x 28 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, John L. Severance Fund, 1985.139",
    "collection": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "didYouKnow": "Fanged heads are common markers of the supernatural in Chavín art.",
    "citations": [
        {
            "citation": "Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1985.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 73, no. 2 (February 1986): 26–71.",
            "page_number": "Mentioned: p. 69, no. 168; Reproduced: p. 36",
            "url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159930"
        },
        {
            "citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.",
            "page_number": "Reproduced: p. 6",
            "url": "https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1991/page/n21"
        },
        {
            "citation": "Fux, Peter, and Walter Alva. <em>Chavín: Peru's Enigmatic Temple in the Andes</em>. Zurich: Scheidegger &amp; Spiess: Museum Rietberg, 2013.",
            "page_number": "pp. 276–277, Cat. No. 54"
        }
    ],
    "url": "https://clevelandart.org/art/1985.139",
    "creditline": "John L. Severance Fund",
    "updatedAt": "2026-05-29 07:52:03.446000",
    "imageUrl": "https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1985.139/1985.139_print.jpg",
    "sourceId": 152258,
    "dept": "Textiles",
    "coll": "T - Pre-Columbian",
    "med": "cotton: plain weave patterned by fiber-wrapped warps and supplementary wefts",
    "thumbnail_url": null,
    "image_url": null
}

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