Eagle Ornament (c. 1200–1519): Art, History and Details
Eagle Ornament at the Cleveland Museum of Art: c. 1200–1519, silver. Explore the work's context, creator attribution and collection history.
Eagle Ornament (c. 1200–1519) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.
The work and its context
The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:
An additional ornament probably once dangled from the eagle's beak. Similar jewelry has been found in high status Mixtec tombs at Zaachila and at Monte Albán, a Zapotec site controlled by the Mixtec after about AD 750.
Object facts
- Title: Eagle Ornament
- Date: c. 1200–1519
- Culture: Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
- Type: Metalwork
- Technique: silver
- Dimensions: Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); Overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
- Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
- Department: Art of the Americas
- Accession number: 1947.290
Collection credit
James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
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