Cleveland Museum of Art

Plaque

Date

600–900

Medium

bronze

Culture

Argentina, La Aguada

Department

Art of the Americas

Institution

Cleveland Museum of Art

In the center of this plaque is a frontal human figure, wearing a cross-hatched shirt; a geometrically patterned robe; and a tall, conical helmet. He is flanked by spotted felines with long, curling tails, positioned above fields of patterning. The plaque belongs to a group of about ten closely similar pieces that constitutes the artistic high point of metallurgy in the southern Andes.

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