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Rain of the Moon: Silver in Ancient Peru Back to main page for this exhibition Nose ornament with shrimp, 2nd–3rd century; Moche Vicús region; from Loma Negra, Piura Valley Silver, gold, greenstone The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1236) Pair of earflares with condors, 2nd–3rd century; Moche Vicús region; from Loma Negra, Pirua Valley Gilt copper, silver, gold, shell inlay The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979 (1979.206.1245, .1246) Warrior plaque, 7th–10th century; Wari Silver The Glassell Collection Deer vessel, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969 (1978.412.160) Panpiper vessel, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver, malachite inlay The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969 (1978.412.219) Vessel in the form of an outstretched figure, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver Eugene Chesrow Beaker with repoussé decoration, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver Denver Art Museum Double-walled beaker with repoussé decoration, 14th–15th century; Lambayeque (Sicán)/Chimú North Coast Silver Denver Art Museum Ear ornaments, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver The Michael C. Rochefeller Memorial Collection, Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969 (1978.412.188, 189) Wooden litter back, 14th–15th century; Chimú North-Central Coast; reportedly found in the Huarmey Valley Wood, spondylus shell, feathers, silver, cinnabar Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts (52-30-30/7348) Copyright: President & Fellows of Harvard College Peabody Museum, Harvard University 2000 Disk, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1966, 1977 (66.196.44) Disk, 14th–15th century; Chimú North Coast Silver Gift of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1969 (1978.412.144) Model of a funeral procession, 14th–15th century; Chancay or Chimú North Coast Silver, cotton, reeds, feathers Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Pair of ear ornaments with inlays, 13th–15th century; Chincha/Ica (?) South Coast Silver, stone, shell Promised Gift of Lucille and Martin E. Kantor Long-haired llama, mid-15th–early 16th century; Inka, reportedly from the island of Titicaca South Highlands Silver American Museum of Natural History, New York Female figure, early 16th century; Inka, from Cerro El Plomo Chile Silver, camelid hair, feathers, spondylus shell Museo Nacional de Historia Natural, Santiago

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