Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images
Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images
Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images
Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images

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Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images,

300–100 BCE

Chavín
Early Horizon
1997-499.1

Information

Title
Carved face with inlaid eyes and headdress depicting profile bird images
Dates

300–100 BCE

Medium
Bone with turquoise inlay
Dimensions
h. 2.3 cm., w. 2.1 cm., d. 0.2 cm. (7/8 x 13/16 x 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anonymous gift
Object Number
1997-499.1
Place Made

South America, Peru, Reportedly south coast

Period
Chavín horizon
Type
bone, carvings
Materials
turquoise, bone
Techniques
inlay (process)
Subject
faces, birds

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