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Ceremonial Tweezers
Calimaca. 900-1100 (Pre-Colombian)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
Men in ancient Colombia used tweezers to remove their facial hair. This elaborate pair may have been used during rituals or ceremonies. Simpler versions of such tweezers would have been used on a daily basis. Gold objects were made throughout the ancient Americas for the exclusive use of an elite class of rulers, priests, and other noblepersons.
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Details
- Title: Ceremonial Tweezers
- Date Created: ca. 900-1100 (Pre-Colombian)
- Physical Dimensions: w18.4 cm
- Type: tweezers
- Rights: Acquired by Henry Walters, 1910, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: gold
- Provenance: Tiffany & Co., New York; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1910, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
- Place of Origin: Colombia
- ExhibitionHistory: The Taste of Maryland: Art Collecting in Maryland 1800-1934. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1984; Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996
- Artist: Calima
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