Ornament Item Number: Sf783 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Description
Sheet metal strip which has been bent to form a circle at one end. The other end has three rectangular holes at the centre and six prongs cut in along the edge.
History Of Use
May have been attached to a wooden or metal shaft.
Narrative
Pre-Conquest, before 1532 C.E.
Item History
What
- Name
- Ornament
- Identification Number
- Sf783
- Type of Item
- ornament
- Material
- copper metal, gold metal and silver metal ?
- Manufacturing Technique
- hammered, cut, gilded and bent
- Overall
- height 5.0 cm, width 3.0 cm, depth 1.7 cm
Where
- Holding Institution
- MOA: University of British Columbia
- Made in
- Peru
When
- Creation Date
- before 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
- 0711/0285