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Jewellery plate made of sheet gold (front of an ear plug ?)

Decorative plate made of sheet gold (figuistid) historical file card: Decorative plate made of thin sheet gold, depicting a central figure: front view in a small temple, the roof of which bears a mighty headdress-like attachment, flanked by 2 figurines holding offerings (?) in their hands - a small gold plate in the shape of a bow pot, a small pot. Gold hanging plates in various places on the jewellery plate. Front of an ear peg (?)

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Jewellery plate made of sheet gold (front of an ear plug ?)
Dimensions
Height: 8,1 cm
Depth: 1,4 cm
Width: 9,4 cm
Weight: 19,63 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 63338

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    where
    Peru
    near Trujillo
    Chan Chan
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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