Ornament Item Number: Sf734 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
13 convex golden rectangles, each with a slot at the narrower end.
History Of Use
Metal bangles are sometimes affixed by strap-like staples to elaborate metal objects that could have functioned as headdresses or standards.
Narrative
Chimu style ? Middle Horizon to Late Intermediate Period; 750-1476 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Ornament
- Identification Number
- Sf734
- Type of Item
- ornament
- Material
- gold metal, silver metal ? and copper metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, cut, punched and gilded
- Overall
- height 5.8 cm, width 3.2 cm, depth 0.5 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 750 and 1476
- Collection Date
- between 1949 and 1966
- Ownership Date
- before May 4, 1981
- Acquisition Date
- on May 4, 1981
Other
- Item Classes
- metalwork
- Condition
- poor
- Accession Number
- 0711/0236