Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Date created
- AD 1450–1550 (Late Horizon period)
- Culture/People
- probably Inka (Inca) (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Ephraim George Squier (E.G. Squier), Non-Indian, 1821-1888
- Frank Squier, Sr., Non-Indian, 1840-1908
- Seller
- Frank Squier, Sr., Non-Indian, 1840-1908
- Collection History
- Said to have been dug out of a wall of the house of Gonzalez Pizarro in 1857; formerly in the collection of archaeologist and author Ephraim G. Squier, 1821-1888); inherited by his brother Frank Squier (1840-1908, a New York City paper merchant and collector); purchased by George Heye from Frank Squier in 1905.
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- Place
- Digging through wall of house; Gonzalez Pizarro house; Cusco (Cuzco); Cusco (Cuzco) Province; Cusco (Cuzco) Region; Peru
- See related items
- Inka (Inca) (archaeological)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 6271
- Barcode
- 006271.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ornament (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_6671