Plaque
Item number Sf606 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
Item number Sf606 from the MOA: University of British Columbia.
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Thick, gilded disc with an incised profile of an animal head with ears, a long muzzle, an extended tongue, and two serrated horns or crests. The eye outline and pupil are oval-shaped. There are five incised squares beside the ear. The design fits inside a circular, incised border. There is a hole above the head near the border. The back is undecorated.
Discs like this have not been published but Sr. Walter Alva of the Bruning Museum in Lambayeque says this type of ornament is associated with Vicus graves. The precise use is not known although the hole suggests they were suspended. Several Vicus effigy ceramics portray a disc hung around the neck of the figure.
This disc has a relatively thick and continuous layer of yellow-coloured metal over the surface of one side, including the incisions. The incisions are trapezoidal in cross-section and made up of a series of short, straight lines. ESM analysis (Sf597) showed surface is half gold, half copper while the interior is mostly copper with some gold and a trace of silver. Of the gilding techniques known for the Vicus area, electrochemical replacement plating is most consistent with these features.
Vicus style ? Early Intermediate Period, 300 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.?
The horns suggest this may be a deer. However, the extended tongue is a consistent feature of the moon animal.
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This disc has a relatively thick and continuous layer of yellow-coloured metal over the surface of one side, including the incisions. The incisions are trapezoidal in cross-section and made up of a series of short, straight lines. ESM analysis (Sf597) showed surface is half gold, half copper while the interior is mostly copper with some gold and a trace of silver. Of the gilding techniques known for the Vicus area, electrochemical replacement plating is most consistent with these features.
Vicus style ? Early Intermediate Period, 300 B.C.E. - 600 C.E.?
Thick, gilded disc with an incised profile of an animal head with ears, a long muzzle, an extended tongue, and two serrated horns or crests. The eye outline and pupil are oval-shaped. There are five incised squares beside the ear. The design fits inside a circular, incised border. There is a hole above the head near the border. The back is undecorated.
The horns suggest this may be a deer. However, the extended tongue is a consistent feature of the moon animal.
Discs like this have not been published but Sr. Walter Alva of the Bruning Museum in Lambayeque says this type of ornament is associated with Vicus graves. The precise use is not known although the hole suggests they were suspended. Several Vicus effigy ceramics portray a disc hung around the neck of the figure.
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