Cleveland Museum of Art

Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls

Date

1000–1532 (medallion)

Medium

bronze, copper, silver

Culture

Central Andes, North Coast, Chimú (medallion)

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

This medallion and dozens of smaller beads and spindle whorls arrived at the museum strung on modern cord. Pierced with a hole at the top, it could have been suspended from a necklace or attached to a backing, such as a textile. It comes from Peru’s north coast and was made in the late pre-Hispanic period; the dates of the smaller beads are less clear.

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