CultureMoche
Titles
- Pendant Depicting a Deity with the Body of a Stingray and the Head of a Human with Fangs
- Ornament in the Form of a Sting Ray with a Human Head
Date100–800 AD
PlacePeru
MediumGold inlaid with turquoise and shell
DimensionsOverall: 3 7/8 × 2 9/16 × 3 7/16 in. (9.8 × 6.5 × 8.7 cm)
Credit LineGift of Alfred C. Glassell, Jr.
Object number2010.1283
Current Location
The Caroline Wiess Law Building
212M Jones Galleries
On view
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Object Type
[1] Robert Sonin report dated, 1994.
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1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.2
1000 BC–1600 AD
Spondylus shell inlaid with turquoise
2010.1384.1
1100–1450 AD
Wood inlaid with shell, mother of pearl, spondylus shell, and turquoise
2010.323.1,.2
100 BC–700 AD
Spondylus shell with inlaid gold and turquoise inlay, and string
2010.1300
650–900 AD
Shell inlaid with turquoise, pyrite, spondylus shell, and mother of pearl
2010.462
900–200 BC
Bone inlaid with mother of pearl and turquoise
2010.897.1,.2
