The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Owl Head

Owl Head

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Owl Head

Date:: 390–450
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:: Gilded copper, shell
Dimensions:: Height 3-3/16 in. (8 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession Number:: 1987.394.23

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

Juan Luis Pereira, until 1969; Arnold I. Goldberg, New York, 1969– (d.) 1976; Jane Costello Goldberg, New York, 1976–(d.) 1986
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Who
Moche (694)
What
Metal (59,364)

Gilt (9,043)

Copper (6,255)

Shell (1,359)
Where
South America (4,531)

Peru (3,460)
When
A.D. 1-500 (6,201)
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