The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Profile Warrior Ornament

Profile Warrior Ornament

Date:: 390–450
Geography:: Peru
Culture:: Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:: Gilded copper, shell, turquoise
Dimensions:: H. 7 1/2 x W. 6 5/16 in. (19.1 x 16 cm)
Classification:: Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:: Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986
Accession Number:: 1987.394.72

This artwork is not on display

Provenance

[Alan C. Lapiner, New York, until 1970]; Arnold I. Goldberg, New York, 1970–(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)

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.