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Gold pin

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Golden pin. The head is formed by a fantastic animal figure: a kind of griffin with the head and feet of a predator, bird's wings and a horn on its head, holding a human head in its front paws.

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Cataloguing data

Object type
Gold pin
Dimensions
Height: 2,7 cm
Depth: 46,3 cm
Width: 1,4 cm
Weight: 101 g
Material/Technique
Gold
Current location
Ethnologisches Museum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Inventory number
V A 63332

Provenance and sources

  • Production
    when
    400 - 800 AD.
    where
    Bolivia
    Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)
  • Collecting
    who
    Diez de Medina - Collectors
    Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors
  • Assignment to a curated holding:
    American Archaeology

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Legal status metadata
CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED
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