Pendant in the Form of a Figure

Creator Name

Tiwanaku-Wari Coastal Peru or highland Bolivia;
Tiwanaku

Cultural Context

Date

400–800 CE

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Work details

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Title

Pendant in the Form of a Figure

Creator

Tiwanaku-Wari Coastal Peru or highland Bolivia;
Tiwanaku

Worktype

Costume and Accessories; pendant (jewelry); shell; jewelry; costume; art of the americas

Cultural Context

Material

Shell, stone, silver, copper, and cotton; silver; nonferrous metal; metal; inorganic material; copper; shell (animal material); mother of pearl

Dimensions

14.2 × 9.5 cm (5 5/8 × 3 5/8 in.)

Technique

Language

Date

400–800 CE

Provenance

Kate S. Buckingham Endowment; Eduard Gaffron (1861–1931), Lima, Peru, from 1892 to 1912, then Berlin, from 1912 [History of the Department report (Joanne Behrens, 1985) and correspondence in curatorial file]; by descent to his children Mercedes Gaffron (1908–1993), Berlin then Durham, NC, and Hans Gaffron (1902–1979), Berlin then Chicago [correspondence and documentation of the Gaffron Collection in curatorial file]; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1955.

Style Period

tiahuanaco; huari; early intermediate period; Pre-Columbian; americas; middle horizon; andes; Arts of the Americas; andean

Rights

Public Domain

Inscription

Location

Peru

Source

Art Institute of Chicago

Subjects

anthropomorphic figure; people; headdresses; costume; geometric

Topic