The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Chalk Figure Ornament

Chalk Figure Ornament

Date:: 390–450
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:: Chalk, Silvered copper, gilded copper, turquoise
Dimensions:: Height 3-3/4 in. (9.5 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession Number:: 1987.394.53

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Juan Luis Pereira, Peru, until 1970]; Arnold I. Goldberg, New York, 1970– (d.) 1976; Jane Costello Goldberg, New York, 1976–(d.) 1986
See also
Who
Moche (694)
What
Metal (59,364)

Gilt (9,043)

Copper (6,255)

Chalk (5,217)

Turquoise (455)
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.