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Pre-Columbian gold sequin
Round very thin discs with stamped ornament in cross shape, probably used to decorate a mummy bundle or cloak (Steward, 1946:96, Pl 19; Carrion Cachot, 1949:35). Cold-hammered.Lothrop (1957) shows a number of identical pailets originating from Huarmey on the Central Coast and belonging to the Chimu culture (c. 1300 - 1450 AD).Lothrop (1957) also shows a number of identical pailets from the Chimu c…
Type of item
- Object Type: jewelry
- jewelry
- Jewelry
Date
- -0400/0400
Medium
- Material: gold
- gold
- Gold
Providing institution
Aggregator
Rights statement for the media in this item (unless otherwise specified)
- http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
Creation date
- -400-400
Provenance
- 1969-01-01
- Schenking
Identifier
- http://mint-projects.image.ntua.gr/europeana-fashion/121614
Is part of
- Europeana XX: Century of Change
Is related to
- wax
- ambergris
Providing country
- Netherlands
Collection name
First time published on Europeana
- 2020-03-31T16:16:09.268Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2021-10-20T13:51:01.552Z