Ear ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate period)
- Culture/People
- possibly Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
- Donor
- John V. Carter (John Victor Carter), Non-Indian, 1899-1962
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of John Victor Carter (1899-1962, a businessman in the Panama Canal Zone and collector of Peruvian antiquities); acquired by MAI through an exchange with John V. Carter in 1945.
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- Place
- Trujillo; Trujillo Province; La Libertad Region; Peru
- See related items
- Chimú (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 20/7601
- Barcode
- 207601.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ear ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Wood
- Techniques
- Carved
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_221796