Ornament

Museum number:
4-279c
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.81 and Acc.88
Description:
Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).
Donor:
Phoebe Apperson Hearst
Collection place:
Moche Site E, Moche valley, La Libertad Region
Culture or time period:
Early Chimú (Moche Civilization) (ca. 100 BC–700 AD)
Collector:
Max Uhle
Materials:
Pearl (animal material)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Ornaments (object genre)
Accession date:
1903 and July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: missing 1899
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 4-279c, described as Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 4-279c, described as Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 4-279c, described as Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 4-279c, described as Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Ornament, accession number 4-279c, described as Small ornament of mother of pearl, perforated (A); small perforated shell used as ornament (D); (B, C, not found).

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