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Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru Back to main page for this exhibition Back to images from this exhibition Back to description of this object Female figure, early 16th century; Inka, from Cerro El Plomo Chile Found in 1954 near a child burial at an altitude of 17,700 feet on Cerro El Plomo Silver, camelid hair, feathers, spondylus shell; H. 4 in. (10.2 cm) Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago

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