Chest ornament/Pectoral (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); lent to MAI by José Gayoso in 1931; purchased by MAI from José Gayoso in 1934.
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- Place
- Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Chimú (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Catalog Number
- 18/6596
- Barcode
- 186596.000
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Chest ornament/Pectoral (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Hammered, perforated
- Metadata Usage
- CC0
- Record ID
- NMAI_199530