COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
MMA_.91.1.1166
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MMA_.91.1.1166
AMICA ID
false
AMICA Library Year:
2002
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2002
AMICA Library Year
false
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
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Costume and Jewelry
Object Type
false
Description:
Gold ornaments in Central America date back to the mid-first millennium A.D., and some of these early gold pieces were made in the same shapes as jade objects. This small pendant is such a piece. The type has been named "curly-tailed animal" by archaeologists, and while details of the animal head differ from object to object?some have birdlike crests, others have long animal snouts or smooth, round heads?the prominent tail curled up over the back is remarkably consistent in both gold and stone objects. This consistency across media signals the beginning of a significant change in Central America, when the use of jade for important personal ornaments gives way to gold . The introduction of goldworking technology from Colombia to the south may have coincided with the depletion of jade sources in Costa Rica, or gold came to be adopted so firmly as the high-status material of choice that jade and its sources were eventually forgotten.
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Gold ornaments in Central America date back to the mid-first millennium A.D., and some of these early gold pieces were made in the same shapes as jade objects. This small pendant is such a piece. The type has been named "curly-tailed animal" by archaeologists, and while details of the animal head differ from object to object?some have birdlike crests, others have long animal snouts or smooth, round heads?the prominent tail curled up over the back is remarkably consistent in both gold and stone objects. This consistency across media signals the beginning of a significant change in Central America, when the use of jade for important personal ornaments gives way to gold . The introduction of goldworking technology from Colombia to the south may have coincided with the depletion of jade sources in Costa Rica, or gold came to be adopted so firmly as the high-status material of choice that jade and its sources were eventually forgotten.
Description
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Creator Nationality:
North American; Central American; Panamanian
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North American; Central American; Panamanian
Creator Nationality
false
Creator Name-CRT:
Panama
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Panama
Creator Name-CRT
false
Title:
Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant
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Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant
Title
false
View:
Principal view
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Principal view
View
false
Creation Date:
4th?5th century
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4th?5th century
Creation Date
false
Creation Start Date:
300
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300
Creation Start Date
false
Creation End Date:
499
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499
Creation End Date
false
Materials and Techniques:
Gold
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Gold
Materials and Techniques
false
Style or Period:
Initial style
std
Initial style
Style or Period
false
Creation Place:
Panama
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Panama
Creation Place
false
Dimensions:
H. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
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H. 1 in. (2.5 cm)
Dimensions
false
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
false
Owner Location:
New York, New York
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New York, New York
Owner Location
false
ID Number:
91.1.1166
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91.1.1166
ID Number
false
Credit Line:
Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
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Edward C. Moore Collection, Bequest of Edward C. Moore, 1891
Credit Line
false
Copyright:
Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
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Copyright ? 2002 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All rights reserved.
Copyright
false
Rights:
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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp</a>
Rights
false
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.h1_91.1.1166.tif
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MMA_.h1_91.1.1166.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
false