Pendant Item Number: Sf539 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
A long-beaked bird with a solid cast head and flattened body with winds spread in flight. A hole is punched through the flattened tail, slightly off-centre.
History Of Use
Probably an ornament which was worn suspended from the hole through the tail.
Iconographic Meaning
The long beak suggests this is a diving bird.
Narrative
Inca Style ? Late Horizon, 1476-1532.
Item History
What
- Name
- Pendant
- Identification Number
- Sf539
- Type of Item
- pendant
- Material
- bronze metal
- Manufacturing Technique
- cast, punched and hammered
- Overall
- height 5.0 cm, width 1.7 cm, depth 1.6 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- between 1476 and 1532
- 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
- 0711/0042