Detail View: The AMICA Library: Eagle Ornament

AMICA ID: 
CMA_.1947.290
AMICA Library Year: 
2002
Object Type: 
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality: 
North American; Central American; Mesoamerican; Mixtec
Creator Name-CRT: 
Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
Title: 
Eagle Ornament
Title Type: 
Primary
View: 
Full View
Creation Date: 
c. 1200-1519
Creation Start Date: 
1200
Creation End Date: 
1519
Materials and Techniques: 
silver
Classification Term: 
Metalwork
Style or Period: 
Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
Dimensions: 
Diameter: 2.2cm, Overall: 0.7cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
ID Number: 
1947.290
Credit Line: 
James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
Rights: 
Context: 

An additional ornament probably once dangled from the eagle's beak. Similar jewelry has been found in high status Mixtec tombs at Zaachila and at Monte Albán, a Zapotec site controlled by the Mixtec after about AD 750.

Related Image Identifier Link: 
CMA_.AM20020418.tif