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Gold pin

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

Provenance and sources

when
400 - 800 AD.
where
Bolivia
Tiwanaku (Tiahuanaco)

who
Diez de Medina - Collectors
Lehmann, Walter - Former Possessors

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