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Source Description
Affixed to a section of white shell is the image of a Wari dignitary, assembled of carefully carved mosaic elements. The purple and pink shapes are made of shell, while the green is serpentine. The spots on the figure's tunic are probably pyrite, which was originally smooth and reflective.
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Document identity
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123779
label
Ornament with Figure
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object
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1
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123779
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object
title
Ornament with Figure
description
Affixed to a section of white shell is the image of a Wari dignitary, assembled of carefully carved mosaic elements. The purple and pink shapes are made of shell, while the green is serpentine. The spots on the figure's tunic are probably pyrite, which was originally smooth and reflective.
date
600–1000
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q60757019
genreSpecific
Jewelry
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1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
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Central Andes, Wari style
accession
1944.291
Source extras
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shell, stone, and metal (silver?)
tombstone
Ornament with Figure, 600–1000. Central Andes, Wari style. Shell, stone, and metal (silver?); overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen, 1944.291
collection
AA - Andes
citations
citation
Foote, Helen S. "An Ornament from the Coast of Peru." Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em>. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, March 1945.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 31
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook.</em> Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page_number
Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 353
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 297
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
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Reproduced: p. 297
citation
The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page_number
Reproduced: p. 401
citation
Bergh, Susan E., Luis Guillermo Lumbreras, and Luis Jaime Castillo. <em>Wari: Lords of the Ancient Andes.</em> [New York]: Thames & Hudson; [Cleveland] : The Cleveland Museum of Art, 2012.
page_number
Mentioned: p. 271, cat. 74; Reproduced: p. 226, fig. 213
citation
Bergh, Susan E. "'The Art of Those Who Lived Here Before the White Man Came': Collecting the Ancient Americas at the Cleveland Museum of Art." In <em>Collecting the “Other Americas”: Ancient Americas Collections in American Art Museums, </em>edited by Victoria I. Lyall, and Ellen Hoobler, 67- 82. Denver, Colorado: Mayer Center for Ancient and Latin American Art at the Denver Art Museum, 2025.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 72, fig. 10
creditline
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
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2026-05-29 06:22:39.951000
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123779
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Art of the Americas
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AA - Andes
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shell, stone, and metal (silver?)
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