Ornament with Figure
600–1000
- Medium
- shell, stone, and metal (silver?)
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Dimensions
- Overall: 6.6 x 3.6 cm (2 5/8 x 1 7/16 in.)
- Culture
- Central Andes, Wari style
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art, Art of the Americas
- Credit line
- In memory of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Humphreys, gift of their daughter Helen
- Rights
- Public domain (CC0), as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Tweens profiles and older: its subjects are known and suit older children. How works are placed
View at the Cleveland Museum of Art
About this work
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.
