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Staff Head
Date:
390–450
Geography:
Peru
Culture:
Moche (Loma Negra)
Medium:
Gilded copper, stone
Dimensions:
H. 2 7/8 x W. 1 1/4 x D. 3/4 in. (7.3 x 3.2 x 1.9 cm)
Classification:
Metal-Ornaments
Credit Line:
The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979
Accession Number:
1979.206.1317
Not on view
Provenance
[Andre Emmerich Gallery, New York, until 1969]; Nelson A. Rockefeller, New York, 1969, on loan to The Museum of Primitive Art, New York, 1969–1978
Timeline of Art History (2000-present)
Timelines
Central and Southern Andes, 1-500A.D.
Department
Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas (12,001)
Artist / Maker / Culture
Moche (697)
Object Type / Material
Copper (10,054)
Fragments (17,452)
Gilt (9,204)
Metal (70,125)
Staffs (207)
Stone (7,658)
Geographic Location
Peru (3,461)
South America (4,473)
Date / Era
A.D. 1–500 (6,427)
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