Pair of Ear Ornaments, Condors
unknown (Mochica)
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Date
-300-300Description
Caption: Pair of ear ornaments, condors. Loma Negra, Vicus. Early to Middle Mochica, 300 B.C.-A.D. 300. Silver condors attached to gold frontals with stone and shell inlays. Diameter of each 3" (7.6 cm); length (of each ornament, rods, and frontals) 3 3/4" (9.5 cm). The Museum of Primitive Art, New York City, 69.59.1-2 full view
Type of Work
Metalwork; JewelrySubject
Earrings, Jewelry, Mochica Indians, Condors, Pre-Columbian, Indians of South America -- Peru -- Antiquities
Rights Statement
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Item is Part of
132715