Resource Spotlight | “Gold of the Americas” by Julie Jones and Heidi King

 

Figure pendant
Tairona artist(s)
900–1600 CE
Colombia
Tairona
Gold
Gift of H. L. Bache Foundation, 1969
69.7.10
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 
 
 

Gold of the Americas

 
 

by Julie Jones & Heidi King

 
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Funerary mask
Lambayeque (Sicán) artist(s)
900–1100 CE
Peru, North Coast
Lambayeque (Sicán)
Gold, cinnabar
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.556
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nose Ornament with Spiders
100 BCE–200 CE
Peru, North Coast
Salinar
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1172
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double-eagle pendant
1–500 CE
Panama
Initial Style
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.538
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Masked Figure Pendant
100 BCE–700 CE
Colombia
Calima (Yotoco)
Gold (cast)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.548
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Headdress Ornament
200–600 CE
Peru, North Coast
Moche
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1151
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Stylized Figure Pendant
5th–10th century
Panama, Cocle Province
International or Initial Style
Gold (cast)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.550
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Feathered serpent ornament
Mexica or Mixtec (Ñuu Savi) artists
1325–1521 CE
Mexico, Mesoamerica
Mexica (Aztec)
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1152
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Anthropomorphic Pendant
5th–10th century
Colombia, Rio Magdalena region
Tolima
Gold (cast)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.557
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Owl Staff Head
1–1000 CE
Colombia
Zenú
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.920
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Turtle Pendant
11th–16th century
Panama
Veraguas
Gold (cast)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.489
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Earflare with Condor
6th–7th century
Peru
Moche
Silver, gold, gilded copper, shell
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1245
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Eagle pendant
Chiriquí artist(s)
700–1550 CE
Costa Rica or Panama
Chiriqui
Gold (cast alloy)
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.906
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Crocodile-head figure pendant
Chiriquí artist(s)
700–1550 CE
Costa Rica or Panama
Chiriqui
Gold (cast alloy), pyrite inlay, hematite
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1064
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Mask
Calima (Ilama) artist
1000–100 BCE
Colombia, Calima Valley region
Calima (Ilama)
Gold
Jan Mitchell and Sons Collection, Gift of Jan Mitchell, 1991
1991.419.39
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nose Ornament
6th–7th century
Peru
Moche
Gold
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1239
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nose ornament with intertwined creatures
Moche artist(s)
500–800 CE
Peru
Moche
Gold, silver
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
1979.206.1225
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Double Bat-Head Figure Pendant
11th–16th century
Panama
Chiriqui
Gold
Gift of Meredith Howland, 1904
04.34.8
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Figure pendant
Tairona artist(s)
900–1600 CE
Colombia
Tairona
Gold
Gift of H. L. Bache Foundation, 1969
69.7.10
© The Metropolitan Museum of Art

 

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Author | Julie Jones, Heidi King
Publisher | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Date of Publication | Spring 2002

News 16Editorial TeamArt of the Ancestors, Steven G. Alpert, Asian Art, Island Southeast Asian Art, Oceanic Art, Asiatica, Ethnographica, Ethnographic Art, Art Collection, Fine Art, Primitive Art, Indonesian Art, Tribal Art, Eyes of the Ancestors, Dr. Reimar Schefold