Diadem

Museum number:
16-20477
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Alternate number:
55 (original number)
Accession number:
Acc.4620
Description:
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.
Donor:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Collection place:
Peru
Verbatim coll. place:
South America, Peru, Huari
Culture or time period:
Wari (Huari) (ca. 500–1000 AD)
Collector:
Arthur Beynon and Evelyn Beynon
Materials:
Copper (metal)
Object type:
archaeology
Object class:
Masks (costume)
Context of use:
ceremonial
Department:
Ancient Peru
Images:
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.

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