Head plate fragment

Museum number:
4-2707b
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Accession number:
Acc.81
Description:
Vessel in the shape of human head with lid; copper; lid ties on a) Hollow head with flat base, rectangular hole in top of head; hole at each corner; fragments of gold overlay on base ears; eye sockets sunken as if for inlay; corrugations on forehead, back of head depicts hair b) rectangular curved plate with hole in each corner. Max length a) 3.3 cm b) 2 cm
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Grave 3, Moche Site F, Moche valley
Verbatim coll. place:
Ruins of Moche; near Trujillo Huaca de la Luna, Site F, Grave 3
Culture or time period:
Early Chimú (Moche Civilization) (ca. 100 BC–700 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Fragments (object portions)
Accession date:
July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Images:
Hearst Museum object titled Head plate fragment, accession number 4-2707b, described as Vessel in the shape of human head with lid; copper; lid ties on a) Hollow head with flat base, rectangular hole in top of head; hole at each corner; fragments of gold overlay on base ears; eye sockets sunken as if for inlay; corrugations on forehead, back of head depicts hair b) rectangular curved plate with hole in each corner. Max length a) 3.3 cm b) 2 cm

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