The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of September 28, 2023

Ear Ornament

c. 800–1370

Peru, North Coast, Sicán, 9th-14th Century

Hammered and embossed gold alloy

Overall: 4.2 x 4.2 cm (1 5/8 x 1 5/8 in.)

The Norweb Collection 1950.413

Location

not on view

Fun Fact

Wearing large ear ornaments, a privilege of the nobility, permanently stretched the earlobes.

Provenance
?-1950
Raymond Henry Norweb [1894-1983] and Emery May Holden Norweb [1895-1984], Cleveland OH, 1950, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art
1950
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Source URL: https://www.clevelandart.org/art/1950.413