Monkey Finial
800–1470
- Medium
- hammered and embossed gold alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 36.9 cm (14 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- metalwork
- Museum
- Cleveland Museum of Art
Styles
Tags
Peru, North Coast, Sicán or Chimú, 9th-15th Century
About
This three-dimensional sculpture constructed of sheet gold may have served as the finial for a staff or baton. It represents a monkey holding a fruit.