Pair of Ear Flare Frontals (Chimú style (900–1470)): Art, History and Details

Pair of Ear Flare Frontals (Chimú style (900–1470)) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

These gold discs, each with the image of a richly dressed Chimú lord, originally were attached to the fronts of ear ornaments equipped with long, thick shafts that passed through the ear lobes. Such ornaments were important markers of wealth and elite status.

Object facts

• Title: Pair of Ear Flare Frontals
• Date: Chimú style (900–1470)
• Culture: Peru, North Coast, Paramonga(?), Chimú style (900-1470)
• Type: Jewelry
• Technique: hammered gold alloy
• Dimensions: Diameter: 8.6 cm (3 3/8 in.); Overall: 8.5 cm (3 3/8 in.)
• Collection: AA - Andes
• Department: Art of the Americas
• Accession number: 1938.429

Collection credit

James Albert Ford Memorial Fund

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