Ear ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
- Culture/People
- probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Seller
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (1898-1970, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); purchased by MAI from José Gayoso in 1930.
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- Place
- Jayanca; Lambayeque Province; Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Chimú (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 17/8761
- Barcode
- 178761.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ear ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Wood, shell/shells, asphaltum/bitumen
- Techniques
- Inlaid
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_191488