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Source Description
In the center of this plaque is a frontal human figure, wearing a cross-hatched shirt; a geometrically patterned robe; and a tall, conical helmet. He is flanked by spotted felines with long, curling tails, positioned above fields of patterning. The plaque belongs to a group of about ten closely similar pieces that constitutes the artistic high point of metallurgy in the southern Andes.
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Document identity
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155861
label
Plaque
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object
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1
Source metadata
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155861
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object
title
Plaque
description
In the center of this plaque is a frontal human figure, wearing a cross-hatched shirt; a geometrically patterned robe; and a tall, conical helmet. He is flanked by spotted felines with long, curling tails, positioned above fields of patterning. The plaque belongs to a group of about ten closely similar pieces that constitutes the artistic high point of metallurgy in the southern Andes.
date
600–900
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CC0
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CC0
language
en
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Q79944398
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Metalwork
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 12.8 x 14 cm (5 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.)
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Argentina, La Aguada
accession
1991.164
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tec
bronze
tombstone
Plaque, 600–900. Argentina, La Aguada. Bronze; overall: 12.8 x 14 cm (5 1/16 x 5 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund, 1991.164
collection
AA - Andes
creditline
James Albert and Mary Gardiner Ford Memorial Fund
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2026-05-29 08:05:59.019000
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155861
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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bronze
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0
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photo
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