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Shell Ornaments

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Shell Ornaments

Date:: 390–450
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:: Gilded copper
Dimensions:: H. 1 9/16 x W. 4 1/4 in. (4 x 10.8 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:: The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:: 1979.206.1257

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Provenance

[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, until 1969]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1969, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1969–1978
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Who
Moche (694)
What
Metal (59,364)

Gilt (9,043)

Copper (6,255)
Where
South America (4,531)

Peru (3,460)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
In the Museum
Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas (11,467)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Central and Southern Andes, 1–500A.D.

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