Eagle Ornament

c. 1200-1519

The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States

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.

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Title: Eagle Ornament
Date Created: c. 1200-1519
Physical Dimensions: Diameter: 2.2 cm (7/8 in.); Overall: 0.7 cm (1/4 in.)
Type: Metalwork
Rights: CC0
External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1947.290
Medium: silver
Department: Art of the Americas
Culture: Mexican, Oaxaca, Mixtec style
Credit Line: James Albert Ford Memorial Fund
Collection: AA - Mesoamerica
Accession Number: 1947.290

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