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Headdress Ornament

Moche

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This two-pronged frontlet would have been attached to a headdress. Along with three others, this headdress is among the most important symbols of power from the funerary bundle of the Señora de Cao, or the Lady of Cao.



Esta placa con dos extensiones probablemente estaba fijada a un tocado. Junto con tres otros, este tocado es uno de los símbolos de poder más importantes del conjunto funerario de la Señora de Cao.

Headdress Ornament, Gilded copper, Moche

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