Pre-Columbian Body Adornment
May 2026
These objects are personal ornaments and jewelry worn by ancient Mesoamerican and Andean cultures, including ear ornaments, nose ornaments, plaques, and costume decorations made from precious metals, stone, shell, and ceramic.
359 objects · 4 institutions

Abstract Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 100–900 CE

Amulet
Art Institute of Chicago
1000-1476

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–800 CE

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–800 CE

Armband Depicting Horse and Rider with Animals
Art Institute of Chicago
16th century, after 1532

Axe-shaped Implement
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200–1519

Axe-shaped Implement
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200–1519

Axe-shaped Implement
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200–1519

Bar Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
250–550 CE

Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
12th–14th century

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1550

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1550

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200–1519

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1519

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1519

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1519

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1519

Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1519

Bead Carved in the Form of a Human Head
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE

Beaded Case
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1900, possibly mid-19th century

Beaded Necklace with Bar Pendant
Art Institute of Chicago
300–700 CE

Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants
Art Institute of Chicago
300–700 CE

Beads
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1519

Beads
Cleveland Museum of Art
after 1519

Beads Strung as a Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–500

Bird
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1200

Bird
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200s-1400s

Bird Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 900–600 BCE

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–300 CE

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1350–1519

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1550

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1500

Bird Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Bird-Man Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Blade with Two Figures in Presentation Scene
Art Institute of Chicago
100 BCE–500 CE

Bracelet
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–500

Breastplate
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1400

Carved Pendant Depicting a Costumed Figure with a Abstract Bird Headdress
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1500

Carved Tube
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Cast Gold Pendant of Man with Flute
Metropolitan Museum of Art
11th–16th century

Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress
Art Institute of Chicago
1–500 CE

Celt-Shaped Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Ceremonial Blades
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 100 CE

Ceremonial Knife
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 200 CE

Ceremonial Knife
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 200 CE

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
Art Institute of Chicago
1100–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
Art Institute of Chicago
Probably 1000–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) With Figural Scene and Zoomorphic Figures
Art Institute of Chicago
1100–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) or Pendant
Art Institute of Chicago
Probably 1000–1470

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird (Male Curassow?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
300 BCE–600 CE

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Circular Nose Ornament Incised with Concentric Bands
Art Institute of Chicago
800–1200

Circular Pendant
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Collar
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000–1470 CE

Collar
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1470

Copper Openwork Mace Head
Metropolitan Museum of Art
3rd century BCE–2nd century CE

Copper Peapod Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
12th–15th century
Costume Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
11th–12th century
Costume Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
11th–12th century

Crocodile Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1550

Cross-Shaped Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100–800 CE

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100–800 CE

Deer
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1532

Deer Eating Corn Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Deity Head Pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
5th–6th century

Disc from an Earflare Inscied with a Figure in Contoured Pose
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1500

Disk
Cleveland Museum of Art
300–600? CE

Disk
Cleveland Museum of Art
850–1460

Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Double Bird-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1500

Double Crocodile Vessel
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Double Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks
Art Institute of Chicago
800–1200

Double-Headed Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Eagle Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Eagle Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Ear Flare
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1470

Ear Flare
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1470

Ear Flare Frontal
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chimú style (900–1470)

Ear Flare Frontal
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chimú style (900–1470)

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 600–900

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
9th–15th century

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 600–900

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–550 CE

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
150–200 CE

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–550 CE

Ear Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
150–200 CE

Ear Ornament (1 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Ear Ornament (2 of 2)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Frog Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1521

Ear Ornament(?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
500–200 BCE

Ear Ornaments
Art Institute of Chicago
400–800 CE

Ear Ornaments with Ibis
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1450

Ear Rod
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–900

Ear Spool
Art Institute of Chicago
250–900 CE

Ear Spool
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Ear Spool
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Ear Spool
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Ear Spool
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Ear Spools
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Ear Spools
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Earflare
Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare
Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare
Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare with Flower-like Modeled Relief
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1521

Feathered Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
11th–15th century (?)

Feline Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Feline Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Feline Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1550

Female figure (’otua fefine)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Early 19th century

Figural Flask
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1470

Figural Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–800 CE

Figural Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1532

Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1532

Figure Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6th–7th century

Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Figure Pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
13th–15th century

Figure of a Deer, Possibly Finial of a Pin
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1000–1470

Figure pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
900–1600 CE

Figure-and-Birds Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300–700 CE

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1500

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–1000

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Figurine Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Figurine Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Filagree Pendant in the Form of a Frog or Toad
Art Institute of Chicago
500–1000

Finial for Pin or Blade Depicting Figures Shearing a Llama
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532

Finial of a Staff
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chimú style (900–1470)

Finial with Bird (Harpy Eagle with Royal Flycatcher Crest?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1000

Finial with Long-Beaked Bird
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1000

Finial with Two Deer
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1000

Fish Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–300 CE

Flower-Shaped Ear Ornaments
Art Institute of Chicago
1400–1500

Flute
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE
Foot Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6th–7th century

Forehead Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–700 CE

Fragment of a Band with Raised Relief Depicting Felines and Fish
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1000–1470

Fragment of an Animal Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–800 CE

Frog Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
50–800 CE

Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–700 CE

Frog Pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
550–850 CE

Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1519

Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Frog Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–300 CE

Funerary Female Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
1200–1500

Goddess Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Gold Fragments with Dangles
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1st century BCE–7th century CE

Gold Pectoral with Zoomorphic Face
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 500 BCE

Gold Tumi
Metropolitan Museum of Art
12th–15th century

Hair Ornament or Pin with Triangular Head and Rattle
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1532

Hanger in de vorm van een pad
Rijksmuseum
c. 1600 - c. 1620

Head Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–300 CE

Head Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–300 CE

Headdress Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
100 BCE–700 CE

Human Effigy Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1947

Insect Bell Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1100

Insect Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1st–7th century

Jade Inlay
Metropolitan Museum of Art
before 16th century

Jaguar
Cleveland Museum of Art
700–1550

Jaguar
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1500

Jaguar Grinding Stone
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Jaguar Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
800–1500

Jaguar Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
250–900 CE

Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s-1500s

Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s-1500s

Knife
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400s-1500s

Knife Case
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 1880

Linked Shells Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 900–1550

Llama Figurine
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400–1532

Lobster Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1500

Macaw
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1470

Mace Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
300–500 CE

Mace Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 200 BCE–100 CE

Male Figure (Moai Tangata)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
early 19th century

Male Figurine
Cleveland Museum of Art
1400–1532

Mask
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–700 CE

Mask
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–1000 CE

Mask Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–550 CE

Mask Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Masked-figure pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
900–1600 CE

Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls
Cleveland Museum of Art
1000–1532 (medallion)

Moai papa (female figure)
Metropolitan Museum of Art
19th century

Monkey
Cleveland Museum of Art
1325–1519

Monkey Bell Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Monkey Finial
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1470

Monkey Head Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
20th Century(?)

Monkey Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Mouth Mask
Cleveland Museum of Art
100 BCE–700 CE

Necklace
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–800 CE

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Necklace
Metropolitan Museum of Art
800–1400 CE

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Art Institute of Chicago
1880–90

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 800 BCE

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1532

Necklace Strung with Indigenous and Imported Beads
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 10th–16th century

Necklace Strung with Shell and Ceramic Beads
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 10th–16th century

Necklace with Lizards
Cleveland Museum of Art
550–800

Necklace with a Pendant Depicting a Large Fish Eating a Smaller Fish
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1550

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament
Art Institute of Chicago
100–500 CE

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1st century BCE–2nd century CE

Nose Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body
Art Institute of Chicago
800–1200

Nose Ornament in the Form of an Long-Nosed Saurian with C-shaped Body
Art Institute of Chicago
800–1200

Nose Ornament with Decapitators and Human Heads
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 100–300 CE

Nose Ornament with Human Head and Condors Attacking Humans
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 100–300 CE

Nose Ornament with Lateral Extensions in Suggesting Whiskers, Wings, or Fish Barbels
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1500

Nose Ornament with Serpents and Long-necked Birds
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 100–300 CE

Nose Plug
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–1000 CE

Nose Ring
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1550

Nose and Mouth Ornament
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–500 CE

Nose ornament
Metropolitan Museum of Art
100 BCE–500 CE

Obsidian Blade
Metropolitan Museum of Art
before 16th century

Obsidian Core, Blade, and Curved Neckpiece
Art Institute of Chicago
c. 300 CE

Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
250–900 CE

Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–100 CE

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Animal Pendant(?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–900

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–500

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–500

Ornament with Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
600–1000

Oval-Shaped Tweezers
Art Institute of Chicago
Probably 1000–1400

Oval-shaped Tweezers
Art Institute of Chicago
Probably 1000–1400

Pair of Ear Flare Frontals
Cleveland Museum of Art
Chimú style (900–1470)

Pair of Ear Flares
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1470

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 600–900

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Cleveland Museum of Art
200–550 CE

Pair of Ear Ornaments
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 800–1370

Pair of Ear Plugs with Face of Figure in Interior
Art Institute of Chicago
300–750 CE

Pair of Ear Spools
Art Institute of Chicago
1100–1470

Pair of Ear Spools
Art Institute of Chicago
250–900 CE

Pair of Earrings
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1500

Pair of Earrings
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Pair of Earrings
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Pair of Earspools with Eight-Pointed Star Motif
Art Institute of Chicago
1200–1400

Pair of Earspools with Face in Interior
Art Institute of Chicago
Possibly 450–1000

Pectoral
Metropolitan Museum of Art
13th–16th century

Pectoral (Chest Ornament)
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–800 CE

Pectoral (Chest Plaque)
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–900

Pectoral Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
250–900 CE

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
1–900 CE

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–700

Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
250–900 CE

Pendant Depicting a Male Figure with Saurian Heads Emerging from Body
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1550

Pendant Depicting a Seated Figure
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Pendant Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–700

Pendant Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1000

Pendant in the Form of Four Double-Headed Figures with Long Beaks, Possibly Ducks
Art Institute of Chicago
500–1000

Pendant in the Form of a Clamshell
Art Institute of Chicago
1–800 CE

Pendant in the Form of a Figure
Art Institute of Chicago
400–800 CE

Pendant in the Form of a Frog
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1500

Pendant in the Form of a Jaguar
Art Institute of Chicago
1300–1500

Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature
Art Institute of Chicago
200 BCE–200 CE

Pendant in the Form of a Seated Musician
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1500

Pendant in the Form of an Abstract Bird with Outstretched Wings and Tail
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1550

Pendant in the Shape of a Claw or Fang
Art Institute of Chicago
400 BCE–1200 CE

Pendant in the Shape of a Claw or Fang
Art Institute of Chicago
400 BCE–1200 CE

Pendant in the Shape of a Claw or Fang
Art Institute of Chicago
400 BCE–1200 CE

Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià
Metropolitan Museum of Art
16th century

Pendant with Scribe Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1000

Pin Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Pin Ornament
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Pin with Yarn Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
600–900

Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
1300s-1400s

Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
1300s-1400s

Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Plaque
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Plaque with Figures
Cleveland Museum of Art
900–1470

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1450

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs
Art Institute of Chicago
1000–1450

Reptile Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 700–1550

Ring with Inlay
Art Institute of Chicago
Late 15th–16th century

Shell Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1200–1519

Small Female Figure, Possibly a Finial for Pin or Blade
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532
Small Knife
Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon Incised with Circles on Handle and Abstract Bird on Top
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532

Spoon with Bird
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Spoon with Human Figure
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Spoon with Long-Tailed Puma on Handle
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532

Spoon with Reclining Figure on Handle
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532

Spoon(?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Staff Head
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6th–7th century

Staff Head
Metropolitan Museum of Art
6th–7th century

Staff Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1000 CE

Staff Head
Cleveland Museum of Art
400–1000 CE

Staff Head(?)
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 400–700

Stone Animal Mace Head
Metropolitan Museum of Art
1st–5th century
Stone Earflare
Metropolitan Museum of Art
before 16th century
![Stopper or Spoon with Figure of Monkey [Broken at Bottom]](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/314255a4-c0d8-a579-68d8-513d100ef9dc/full/600,/0/default.jpg)
Stopper or Spoon with Figure of Monkey [Broken at Bottom]
Art Institute of Chicago
1450–1532

Table ornament
Rijksmuseum
1549

Tadpole Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
800–1500

Tooth-Form Pendant
Metropolitan Museum of Art
10th–4th century BCE

Tubular Bead
Cleveland Museum of Art
before 1519

Tusk Figural Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550

Tweezer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE

Tweezer
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 500–200 BCE
![Wide-Blade Knife with Two Musicians on Top [One Figure Missing]](https://www.artic.edu/iiif/2/603fc25f-ee44-930a-093c-4009012da7f7/full/600,/0/default.jpg)
Wide-Blade Knife with Two Musicians on Top [One Figure Missing]
Art Institute of Chicago
1440–1540

Wide-Blade Knife with Two Seated Figures on Top
Art Institute of Chicago
1440–1540

Wide-Blade Knifew with Reclining Animal on Top
Art Institute of Chicago
1440–1540

Winged Figure Pendant
Cleveland Museum of Art
c. 1000–1550