Collector: Arthur Beynon / Culture or time period: Middle Horizon, ancient Peru (800–1100 AD) - Hearst Museum Portal Search Results

Start Over Collector Arthur Beynon Culture or time period Middle Horizon, ancient Peru (800–1100 AD)

Hearst Museum object titled Diadem, accession number 16-20477, described as Copper diadem with 14 points along top edge bordered with repoussed dots and tooled triangles. Nine tooled masks decorate the mid-section each with large, round eyes triangular noses on broad grinning mouths with prominent teeth. Masks appear to be skulls. Holes at each end suggest that the diadem was either sewn or laced to form a circle.