Copper

Museum number:
4-284
Permalink:
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Accession number:
Acc.81 and Acc.88
Description:
Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).
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:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Accession date:
1903 and July 24, 1903
Department:
Ancient Peru
Comment:
Hearst Inventory: missing 1909
Legacy documentation:
Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).Documentation associated with Hearst Museum object titled Copper, accession number 4-284, described as Small fragments of copper (A); small crescent-shaped object of copper showing cat’s head (B).

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