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Scepter

900–1300 CE
Not on view
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.
Found near the left hand of the Priestess of Chornancap, this scepter features a figure within a temple on top of its slender handle, a motif that goes back to Moche times, several hundred years earlier on Peru’s North Coast. The figure wears a shirt with a fringed border and a trapezoidal headdress with striations representing feathers. A U-shaped element with four zoomorphic heads surrounds the sides and bottom of the figure’s face.　



Encontrado cerca de la mano izquierda de la Sacerdotisa de Chornancap, este cetro muestra una figura dentro de un templo en la parte superior del delgado mango con forma de espátula. Erguida en una plataforma rectangular, la figura lleva puesta una blusa con flecos en la parte inferior, así como un tocado trapezoidal con estrías que simbolizan plumas. Un elemento en forma de "u" con cuatro cabezas zoomorfas rodea los lados y la parte inferior del rostro de la figura representada. El cetro con forma de templo es un motivo que remite a la época moche, que existió varios cientos de años antes en la costa Norte de Perú.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: Scepter
  • Date: 900–1300 CE
  • Geography: Peru
  • Culture: Lambayeque
  • Medium: Gold
  • Dimensions: H. 9 3/8 × W. 2 1/2 in. (23.8 × 6.4 cm)
  • Classification: Metalwork-Implements
  • Credit Line: Museo Arqueológico Nacional Brüning, Lambayeque, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (CH-00001)

  • Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing