Pectoral
- Culture
- Calima
- Date
- c.500
- Material
- Gold
- made in
- Colombia, South America
- Classification
- Ceramics, jewelry & personal accessories
- Collection
- Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas
- Current Location
- Not on view
- Dimensions
- 6 5/16 x 7 7/8 in. (16 x 20 cm)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Morton D. May
- Rights
- Public Domain
- Object Number
- 217:1979
NOTES
Goldworking began in the Andes as far back as 2000 BCE, and the technology moved slowly northward over the centuries. By the early centuries CE, metallurgists in what is now Colombia made finely wrought metal objects using a variety of processes, including repoussé, in which thin metal sheets are hammered over a carved surface, and lost-wax, in which molten gold or silver melts a mold of wax encased in earth or clay. Some objects were made using a combination of these.
Provenance
- 1972
Eugenia Alvarez, Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, purchased from Eugenia Alvarez [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice from Eugenia Alvarez to Morton D. May dated October 5, 1972 lists the piece as "2. Calima Kidney Shaped Pectoral" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
Eugenia Alvarez, Mexico City, Mexico
1972 - 1979
Morton D. May (1914-1983), St. Louis, Missouri, USA, purchased from Eugenia Alvarez [1]
1979 -
Saint Louis Art Museum, given by Morton D. May [2]
Notes:
[1] An invoice from Eugenia Alvarez to Morton D. May dated October 5, 1972 lists the piece as "2. Calima Kidney Shaped Pectoral" [SLAM document files].
[2] A letter dated July 5, 1979 from Morton D. May to James N. Wood records the donation [SLAM document files]. Minutes of the Acquisitions Committee of the Board of Trustees, Saint Louis Art Museum, October 10, 1979.
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