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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

Abstract Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 100–900 CE

Amulet
IIIF

Amulet

Art Institute of Chicago

1000-1476

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–800 CE

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Animal-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–800 CE

Armband Depicting Horse and Rider with Animals
IIIF

Armband Depicting Horse and Rider with Animals

Art Institute of Chicago

16th century, after 1532

Axe-shaped Implement

Axe-shaped Implement

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200–1519

Axe-shaped Implement

Axe-shaped Implement

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200–1519

Axe-shaped Implement

Axe-shaped Implement

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200–1519

Bar Bead

Bar Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

250–550 CE

Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant

Bat-Nosed Figure Pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

12th–14th century

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1550

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

Bat-Nosed Figures Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1550

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200–1519

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

after 1519

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

after 1519

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1519

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

after 1519

Bead

Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

after 1519

Bead Carved in the Form of a Human Head
IIIF

Bead Carved in the Form of a Human Head

Art Institute of Chicago

100 BCE–500 CE

Beaded Case
IIIF

Beaded Case

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 1900, possibly mid-19th century

Beaded Necklace with Bar Pendant
IIIF

Beaded Necklace with Bar Pendant

Art Institute of Chicago

300–700 CE

Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants
IIIF

Beaded Necklace with Three Celt Pendants

Art Institute of Chicago

300–700 CE

Beads

Beads

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1519

Beads

Beads

Cleveland Museum of Art

after 1519

Beads Strung as a Necklace

Beads Strung as a Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–500

Bird

Bird

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1200

Bird

Bird

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200s-1400s

Bird Ornament

Bird Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 900–600 BCE

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–300 CE

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1350–1519

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1550

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1500

Bird Pendant

Bird Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?)

Bird Pendant (Buzzard or Vulture?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Bird-Man Pendant

Bird-Man Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Blade with Two Figures in Presentation Scene
IIIF

Blade with Two Figures in Presentation Scene

Art Institute of Chicago

100 BCE–500 CE

Bracelet

Bracelet

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–500

Breastplate
IIIF

Breastplate

Art Institute of Chicago

1200–1400

Carved Pendant Depicting a Costumed Figure with a Abstract Bird Headdress
IIIF

Carved Pendant Depicting a Costumed Figure with a Abstract Bird Headdress

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1500

Carved Tube

Carved Tube

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Cast Gold Pendant of Man with Flute

Cast Gold Pendant of Man with Flute

Metropolitan Museum of Art

11th–16th century

Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress
IIIF

Celt Pendant Depicting an Abstract Figure with a Tall Headdress

Art Institute of Chicago

1–500 CE

Celt-Shaped Pendant

Celt-Shaped Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Ceremonial Blades
IIIF

Ceremonial Blades

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 100 CE

Ceremonial Knife
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 200 CE

Ceremonial Knife
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 200 CE

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Art Institute of Chicago

1100–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi)

Art Institute of Chicago

Probably 1000–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) With Figural Scene and Zoomorphic Figures
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) With Figural Scene and Zoomorphic Figures

Art Institute of Chicago

1100–1470

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) or Pendant
IIIF

Ceremonial Knife (Tumi) or Pendant

Art Institute of Chicago

Probably 1000–1470

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird (Male Curassow?)

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Bird (Male Curassow?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

300 BCE–600 CE

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)

Ceremonial Mace (Club) Head: Feline (Jaguar?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–600 CE

Circular Nose Ornament Incised with Concentric Bands
IIIF

Circular Nose Ornament Incised with Concentric Bands

Art Institute of Chicago

800–1200

Circular Pendant
IIIF

Circular Pendant

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Collar

Collar

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1000–1470 CE

Collar
IIIF

Collar

Art Institute of Chicago

1200–1470

Copper Openwork Mace Head

Copper Openwork Mace Head

Metropolitan Museum of Art

3rd century BCE–2nd century CE

Copper Peapod Ornament

Copper Peapod Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

12th–15th century

Costume Ornament

Costume Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

11th–12th century

Costume Ornament

Costume Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

11th–12th century

Crocodile Pendant

Crocodile Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1550

Cross-Shaped Ornament

Cross-Shaped Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100–800 CE

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant

Curly-Tailed Animal Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100–800 CE

Deer

Deer

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1532

Deer Eating Corn Pendant

Deer Eating Corn Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Deity Head Pendant

Deity Head Pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

5th–6th century

Disc from an Earflare Inscied with a Figure in Contoured Pose
IIIF

Disc from an Earflare Inscied with a Figure in Contoured Pose

Art Institute of Chicago

1200–1500

Disk

Disk

Cleveland Museum of Art

300–600? CE

Disk

Disk

Cleveland Museum of Art

850–1460

Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque

Disk-Shaped Chest Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Double Bird-Headed Figure Pendant

Double Bird-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1500

Double Crocodile Vessel

Double Crocodile Vessel

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Double Frog Pendant

Double Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks
IIIF

Double Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Saurian with Tusks

Art Institute of Chicago

800–1200

Double-Headed Figure Pendant

Double-Headed Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Eagle Ornament

Eagle Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Eagle Pendant

Eagle Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Ear Flare

Ear Flare

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1470

Ear Flare

Ear Flare

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1470

Ear Flare Frontal

Ear Flare Frontal

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chimú style (900–1470)

Ear Flare Frontal

Ear Flare Frontal

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chimú style (900–1470)

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 600–900

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

9th–15th century

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 600–900

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–550 CE

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1370

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

150–200 CE

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–550 CE

Ear Ornament

Ear Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

150–200 CE

Ear Ornament (1 of 2)

Ear Ornament (1 of 2)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Ear Ornament (2 of 2)

Ear Ornament (2 of 2)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
IIIF

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
IIIF

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design
IIIF

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Design

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1521

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Frog Motifs
IIIF

Ear Ornament or Spindle Whorl with Modeled Frog Motifs

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1521

Ear Ornament(?)

Ear Ornament(?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

500–200 BCE

Ear Ornaments
IIIF

Ear Ornaments

Art Institute of Chicago

400–800 CE

Ear Ornaments with Ibis
IIIF

Ear Ornaments with Ibis

Art Institute of Chicago

1200–1450

Ear Rod

Ear Rod

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–900

Ear Spool
IIIF

Ear Spool

Art Institute of Chicago

250–900 CE

Ear Spool

Ear Spool

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Ear Spool

Ear Spool

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Ear Spool

Ear Spool

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Ear Spool

Ear Spool

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Ear Spools
IIIF

Ear Spools

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Ear Spools
IIIF

Ear Spools

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Earflare
IIIF

Earflare

Art Institute of Chicago

Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare
IIIF

Earflare

Art Institute of Chicago

Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare
IIIF

Earflare

Art Institute of Chicago

Possibly 500 BCE–1000 CE

Earflare with Flower-like Modeled Relief
IIIF

Earflare with Flower-like Modeled Relief

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1521

Feathered Ornament

Feathered Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

11th–15th century (?)

Feline Pendant

Feline Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Feline Pendant

Feline Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Feline Pendant

Feline Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1550

Female figure (’otua fefine)

Female figure (’otua fefine)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Early 19th century

Figural Flask

Figural Flask

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1470

Figural Pendant

Figural Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–800 CE

Figural Pendant

Figural Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Figure

Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1532

Figure

Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1532

Figure Ornament

Figure Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

6th–7th century

Figure Pendant

Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Figure Pendant

Figure Pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

13th–15th century

Figure of a Deer, Possibly Finial of a Pin
IIIF

Figure of a Deer, Possibly Finial of a Pin

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 1000–1470

Figure pendant

Figure pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

900–1600 CE

Figure-and-Birds Pendant

Figure-and-Birds Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300–700 CE

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1500

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–1000

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Figurine Pendant

Figurine Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Figurine Plaque

Figurine Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Filagree Pendant in the Form of a Frog or Toad
IIIF

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
IIIF

Finial for Pin or Blade Depicting Figures Shearing a Llama

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Finial of a Staff

Finial of a Staff

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chimú style (900–1470)

Finial with Bird (Harpy Eagle with Royal Flycatcher Crest?)

Finial with Bird (Harpy Eagle with Royal Flycatcher Crest?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1000

Finial with Long-Beaked Bird

Finial with Long-Beaked Bird

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1000

Finial with Two Deer

Finial with Two Deer

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1000

Fish Pendant

Fish Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–300 CE

Flower-Shaped Ear Ornaments
IIIF

Flower-Shaped Ear Ornaments

Art Institute of Chicago

1400–1500

Flute

Flute

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Foot Ornament

Foot Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

6th–7th century

Forehead Ornament

Forehead Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–700 CE

Fragment of a Band with Raised Relief Depicting Felines and Fish
IIIF

Fragment of a Band with Raised Relief Depicting Felines and Fish

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 1000–1470

Fragment of an Animal Head

Fragment of an Animal Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–800 CE

Frog Ornament

Frog Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

50–800 CE

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–700 CE

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

550–850 CE

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1519

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Frog Pendant

Frog Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–300 CE

Funerary Female Figure

Funerary Female Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

1200–1500

Goddess Plaque

Goddess Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Gold Fragments with Dangles

Gold Fragments with Dangles

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1st century BCE–7th century CE

Gold Pectoral with Zoomorphic Face
IIIF

Gold Pectoral with Zoomorphic Face

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 500 BCE

Gold Tumi

Gold Tumi

Metropolitan Museum of Art

12th–15th century

Hair Ornament or Pin with Triangular Head and Rattle
IIIF

Hair Ornament or Pin with Triangular Head and Rattle

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1532

Hanger in de vorm van een pad

Hanger in de vorm van een pad

Rijksmuseum

c. 1600 - c. 1620

Head Pendant

Head Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–300 CE

Head Pendant

Head Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–300 CE

Headdress Ornament

Headdress Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress Ornament

Headdress Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress Ornament

Headdress Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Headdress ornament

Headdress ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

100 BCE–700 CE

Human Effigy Pendant

Human Effigy Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1947

Insect Bell Pendant

Insect Bell Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1100

Insect Ornament

Insect Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1st–7th century

Jade Inlay

Jade Inlay

Metropolitan Museum of Art

before 16th century

Jaguar

Jaguar

Cleveland Museum of Art

700–1550

Jaguar

Jaguar

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1500

Jaguar Grinding Stone

Jaguar Grinding Stone

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Jaguar Pendant

Jaguar Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

800–1500

Jaguar Pendant

Jaguar Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

250–900 CE

Knife

Knife

Cleveland Museum of Art

1400s-1500s

Knife

Knife

Cleveland Museum of Art

1400s-1500s

Knife

Knife

Cleveland Museum of Art

1400s-1500s

Knife Case
IIIF

Knife Case

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 1880

Linked Shells Pendant

Linked Shells Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 900–1550

Llama Figurine

Llama Figurine

Cleveland Museum of Art

1400–1532

Lobster Pendant

Lobster Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1500

Macaw

Macaw

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1470

Mace Head

Mace Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

300–500 CE

Mace Head

Mace Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 200 BCE–100 CE

Male Figure (Moai Tangata)

Male Figure (Moai Tangata)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

early 19th century

Male Figurine

Male Figurine

Cleveland Museum of Art

1400–1532

Mask

Mask

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–700 CE

Mask

Mask

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–1000 CE

Mask Ornament

Mask Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–550 CE

Mask Ornament

Mask Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Masked-figure pendant

Masked-figure pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

900–1600 CE

Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls

Medallion, beads, and spindle whorls

Cleveland Museum of Art

1000–1532 (medallion)

Moai papa (female figure)

Moai papa (female figure)

Metropolitan Museum of Art

19th century

Monkey

Monkey

Cleveland Museum of Art

1325–1519

Monkey Bell Pendant

Monkey Bell Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Monkey Finial

Monkey Finial

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1470

Monkey Head Pendant

Monkey Head Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

20th Century(?)

Monkey Pendant

Monkey Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Mouth Mask

Mouth Mask

Cleveland Museum of Art

100 BCE–700 CE

Necklace
IIIF

Necklace

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–800 CE

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace
IIIF

Necklace

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Necklace

Necklace

Metropolitan Museum of Art

800–1400 CE

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace
IIIF

Necklace

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace
IIIF

Necklace

Art Institute of Chicago

1880–90

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace
IIIF

Necklace

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 800 BCE

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace

Necklace

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1532

Necklace Strung with Indigenous and Imported Beads
IIIF

Necklace Strung with Indigenous and Imported Beads

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 10th–16th century

Necklace Strung with Shell and Ceramic Beads
IIIF

Necklace Strung with Shell and Ceramic Beads

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 10th–16th century

Necklace with Lizards

Necklace with Lizards

Cleveland Museum of Art

550–800

Necklace with a Pendant Depicting a Large Fish Eating a Smaller Fish
IIIF

Necklace with a Pendant Depicting a Large Fish Eating a Smaller Fish

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1550

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament
IIIF

Nose Ornament

Art Institute of Chicago

100–500 CE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1st century BCE–2nd century CE

Nose Ornament

Nose Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–1000

Nose Ornament in the Form of a Turtle with C-shaped Body
IIIF

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
IIIF

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

Nose Ornament with Decapitators and Human Heads

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 100–300 CE

Nose Ornament with Human Head and Condors Attacking Humans

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
IIIF

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

Nose Ornament with Serpents and Long-necked Birds

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 100–300 CE

Nose Plug

Nose Plug

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–1000 CE

Nose Ring

Nose Ring

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1550

Nose and Mouth Ornament
IIIF

Nose and Mouth Ornament

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–500 CE

Nose ornament

Nose ornament

Metropolitan Museum of Art

100 BCE–500 CE

Obsidian Blade

Obsidian Blade

Metropolitan Museum of Art

before 16th century

Obsidian Core, Blade, and Curved Neckpiece
IIIF

Obsidian Core, Blade, and Curved Neckpiece

Art Institute of Chicago

c. 300 CE

Ornament

Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

250–900 CE

Ornament

Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–100 CE

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Animal Pendant(?)

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Animal Pendant(?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–900

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–500

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

Ornament from Sitio Conte: Small Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–500

Ornament with Figure

Ornament with Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

600–1000

Oval-Shaped Tweezers
IIIF

Oval-Shaped Tweezers

Art Institute of Chicago

Probably 1000–1400

Oval-shaped Tweezers
IIIF

Oval-shaped Tweezers

Art Institute of Chicago

Probably 1000–1400

Pair of Ear Flare Frontals

Pair of Ear Flare Frontals

Cleveland Museum of Art

Chimú style (900–1470)

Pair of Ear Flares

Pair of Ear Flares

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1470

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 600–900

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Cleveland Museum of Art

200–550 CE

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 800–1370

Pair of Ear Plugs with Face of Figure in Interior
IIIF

Pair of Ear Plugs with Face of Figure in Interior

Art Institute of Chicago

300–750 CE

Pair of Ear Spools
IIIF

Pair of Ear Spools

Art Institute of Chicago

1100–1470

Pair of Ear Spools
IIIF

Pair of Ear Spools

Art Institute of Chicago

250–900 CE

Pair of Earrings
IIIF

Pair of Earrings

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1500

Pair of Earrings
IIIF

Pair of Earrings

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Pair of Earrings
IIIF

Pair of Earrings

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Pair of Earspools with Eight-Pointed Star Motif
IIIF

Pair of Earspools with Eight-Pointed Star Motif

Art Institute of Chicago

1200–1400

Pair of Earspools with Face in Interior
IIIF

Pair of Earspools with Face in Interior

Art Institute of Chicago

Possibly 450–1000

Pectoral

Pectoral

Metropolitan Museum of Art

13th–16th century

Pectoral (Chest Ornament)

Pectoral (Chest Ornament)

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–800 CE

Pectoral (Chest Plaque)

Pectoral (Chest Plaque)

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–900

Pectoral Ornament

Pectoral Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

250–900 CE

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

1–900 CE

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–700

Pendant

Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

250–900 CE

Pendant Depicting a Male Figure with Saurian Heads Emerging from Body
IIIF

Pendant Depicting a Male Figure with Saurian Heads Emerging from Body

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1550

Pendant Depicting a Seated Figure
IIIF

Pendant Depicting a Seated Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

200 BCE–200 CE

Pendant Plaque

Pendant Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–700

Pendant Plaque

Pendant Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1000

Pendant in the Form of Four Double-Headed Figures with Long Beaks, Possibly Ducks
IIIF

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
IIIF

Pendant in the Form of a Clamshell

Art Institute of Chicago

1–800 CE

Pendant in the Form of a Figure
IIIF

Pendant in the Form of a Figure

Art Institute of Chicago

400–800 CE

Pendant in the Form of a Frog
IIIF

Pendant in the Form of a Frog

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1500

Pendant in the Form of a Jaguar
IIIF

Pendant in the Form of a Jaguar

Art Institute of Chicago

1300–1500

Pendant in the Form of a Mythical Double-Headed Creature
IIIF

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
IIIF

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
IIIF

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
IIIF

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
IIIF

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
IIIF

Pendant in the Shape of a Claw or Fang

Art Institute of Chicago

400 BCE–1200 CE

Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià

Pendant mask of Ìyọ́bà Idià

Metropolitan Museum of Art

16th century

Pendant with Scribe Figure

Pendant with Scribe Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1000

Pin Ornament

Pin Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Pin Ornament

Pin Ornament

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Pin with Yarn Figure

Pin with Yarn Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 300 BCE–200 CE

Plaque

Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

600–900

Plaque

Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

1300s-1400s

Plaque

Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

1300s-1400s

Plaque

Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Plaque

Plaque

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Plaque with Figures

Plaque with Figures

Cleveland Museum of Art

900–1470

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs
IIIF

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1450

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs
IIIF

Rectangular Costume Ornaments with Geometric Motifs

Art Institute of Chicago

1000–1450

Reptile Pendant

Reptile Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 700–1550

Ring with Inlay
IIIF

Ring with Inlay

Art Institute of Chicago

Late 15th–16th century

Shell Pendant

Shell Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1200–1519

Small Female Figure, Possibly a Finial for Pin or Blade
IIIF

Small Female Figure, Possibly a Finial for Pin or Blade

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Small Knife

Small Knife

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Spoon Incised with Circles on Handle and Abstract Bird on Top
IIIF

Spoon Incised with Circles on Handle and Abstract Bird on Top

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Spoon with Bird

Spoon with Bird

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Spoon with Human Figure

Spoon with Human Figure

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Spoon with Long-Tailed Puma on Handle
IIIF

Spoon with Long-Tailed Puma on Handle

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Spoon with Reclining Figure on Handle
IIIF

Spoon with Reclining Figure on Handle

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Spoon(?)

Spoon(?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Staff Head

Staff Head

Metropolitan Museum of Art

6th–7th century

Staff Head

Staff Head

Metropolitan Museum of Art

6th–7th century

Staff Head

Staff Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1000 CE

Staff Head

Staff Head

Cleveland Museum of Art

400–1000 CE

Staff Head(?)

Staff Head(?)

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 400–700

Stone Animal Mace Head

Stone Animal Mace Head

Metropolitan Museum of Art

1st–5th century

Stone Earflare

Stone Earflare

Metropolitan Museum of Art

before 16th century

Stopper or Spoon with Figure of Monkey [Broken at Bottom]
IIIF

Stopper or Spoon with Figure of Monkey [Broken at Bottom]

Art Institute of Chicago

1450–1532

Table ornament

Table ornament

Rijksmuseum

1549

Tadpole Pendant

Tadpole Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

800–1500

Tooth-Form Pendant

Tooth-Form Pendant

Metropolitan Museum of Art

10th–4th century BCE

Tubular Bead

Tubular Bead

Cleveland Museum of Art

before 1519

Tusk Figural Pendant

Tusk Figural Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550

Tweezer

Tweezer

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Tweezer

Tweezer

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 500–200 BCE

Wide-Blade Knife with Two Musicians on Top [One Figure Missing]
IIIF

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
IIIF

Wide-Blade Knife with Two Seated Figures on Top

Art Institute of Chicago

1440–1540

Wide-Blade Knifew with Reclining Animal on Top
IIIF

Wide-Blade Knifew with Reclining Animal on Top

Art Institute of Chicago

1440–1540

Winged Figure Pendant

Winged Figure Pendant

Cleveland Museum of Art

c. 1000–1550