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Octopus Frontlet
Not on view
This object would have been affixed to a cylindrical headdress. Made of gold sheet, it was cut into the shape of a supernatural figure with serrated octopus tentacles that terminate in catfish heads. The creature rests on two clawlike feet, depicted in low relief. Reportedly found at La Mina, in the Jequetepeque Valley, the frontlet is remarkably similar to an example illustrated on a ceramic vessel from Dos Cabezas.
Este adorno frontal podría haber sido sujetado a un tocado de forma cilíndrica. Fabricado con hoja de oro, fue cortado de manera a representar una figura sobrenatural con tentáculos en forma de serrucho, que se terminan con cabezas de pez gato. El ser está recostado sobre dos patas con garras en bajo relieve. Al parecer encontrado en La Mina, en el valle de Jequetepeque, este elemento decorativo es sorprendentemente similar a una vasija de cerámica proveniente de Dos Cabezas.
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