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Results for "Serpent ornament"12 records

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Forehead Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Forehead Ornament

Unrecorded maker

100 BCE–700 CE · Jewelry, hammered gold alloy

Cleared · CC0

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Nose Ornament with Serpents and Long-necked Birds by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nose Ornament with Serpents and Long-necked Birds

Unrecorded maker

c. 100–300 CE · Metalwork, gold alloy and silver

Cleared · CC0

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Ear Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ear Ornament

Unrecorded maker

150–200 CE · Sculpture, jadeite-albitite(?)

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Ear Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Ear Ornament

Unrecorded maker

150–200 CE · Sculpture, jadeite-albitite(?)

Cleared · CC0

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Nose Ornament with Decapitators and Human Heads by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nose Ornament with Decapitators and Human Heads

Unrecorded maker

c. 100–300 CE · Metalwork, gold alloy and silver

Cleared · CC0

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Butterfly Nose Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Butterfly Nose Ornament

Unrecorded maker

150–200 CE · Stone, jadeite-albitite?

Cleared · CC0

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Necklace and Nose Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Necklace and Nose Ornament

Unrecorded maker

150–200 CE · Jewelry, jadeite-albitite?, gold

Cleared · CC0

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Figural Pendant by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Figural Pendant

Unrecorded maker

400–700 · Metalwork, cast gold

Cleared · CC0

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Pectoral Ornament by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pectoral Ornament

Unrecorded maker

c. 1200–1519 · Jewelry, gold, jadeite

Cleared · CC0

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Nose Ornament with Human Head and Condors Attacking Humans by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nose Ornament with Human Head and Condors Attacking Humans

Unrecorded maker

c. 100–300 CE · Metalwork, gold alloy

Cleared · CC0

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Plaque by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Plaque

Unrecorded maker

c. 500–200 BCE · Jewelry, hammered and cut gold

Cleared · CC0

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Pair of Ear Ornaments by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Pair of Ear Ornaments

Unrecorded maker

150–200 CE · Sculpture, jadeite-albitite(?)

Cleared · CC0

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