Ear Disc
60-4-2
From: Peru | Lambayeque | Illimo
Curatorial Section: American
| Object Number | 60-4-2 |
| Current Location | Collections Storage |
| Culture | Chimu |
| Provenience | Peru | Lambayeque | Illimo |
| Culture Area | Andean |
| Locus | tomb |
| Section | American |
| Materials | Turquoise | Gold |
| Technique | Inlaid |
| Description | Gold with turquoise inlay. Circular disc with cut-out center, around which is a wide band of six motifs like figure '8's with two holes. The center section has two narrow crossing strips of gold, supporting a small mass of copper (?) around a gold collar with heavy beading, in which the turquoise disc (which is drilled in its center) is set. Back of plug is heavy gold ring with rather wide flange. |
| Height | 1.6 cm |
| Outside Diameter | 7.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from Mirko Sors, 1960 |
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