Bird Pendant (c. 900–1550): Art, History and Details
Bird Pendant at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 900–1550, cast gold. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Bird Pendant (c. 900–1550) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
This elaborate bird pendant was worn. It features delicate herringbone moldings, open-work patterns, and wing details-all part of the wax model from which the pendant was cast using the lost-wax process. The dangles were attached after casting.
Object facts
- Title: Bird Pendant
- Date: c. 900–1550
- Culture: Colombia, Muisca style
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: cast gold
- Dimensions: Overall: 11.7 x 10 x 2.9 cm (4 5/8 x 3 15/16 x 1 1/8 in.)
- Collection: AA - Intermediate Region
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1947.174
Collection credit
In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
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See the museum's photographs and full catalogue entry. Catalogue text is reproduced from the Cleveland Museum of Art's open-access data, with HTML formatting removed. This object and its supplied image are designated CC0.
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