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Feline-Head Bead
Not on view
This large hollow bead, recovered from a looted tomb at Sipán, is one of a group of perhaps ten that formed a necklace worn by a high-ranking individual (see the vessel in the shape of a seated figure, from Dos Cabezas, on view in this gallery). The maker worked two pieces of metal sheet into the shape of a feline head and then joined them with solder at the edges. The gracefully rendered face has a rectangular nose, spiral nostrils, teardrop eyes, and a fierce maw with teeth of inlaid Spondylus shell.
Esta cuenta poco profunda encontrada en una tumba saqueada en Sipán es una cuenta de las probables diez que compusieron un collar utilizado por un personaje de alto rango. Dos piezas de hoja de metal fueron trabajadas para lograr la forma de la cabeza de un felino, y luego soldadas en los bordes. El felino retratado aquí con mucha gracia tiene una nariz rectangular, fosas nasales en forma de espiral, ojos con lágrimas y fauces feroces con dientes de incrustaciones de concha Spondylus.
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