Head-shaped bead
Head-shaped bead

On view

Art of the Ancient Americas

Head-shaped bead,

200–600 CE

Mochica
Early Intermediate Period
2016-1283

Information

Title
Head-shaped bead
Dates

200–600 CE

Medium
Gold
Dimensions
3 × 2.5 × 1.9 cm (1 3/16 × 1 × 3/4 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of Gillett G. Griffin
Object Number
2016-1283
Place Made

South America, Peru, North coast

Culture
Mochica
Period
Early Intermediate period
Type
beads
Materials
gold
Subject
necklaces, heads

July 14, 1980, Mathias Komor (1909-1984), New York, sold to Gillett G. Griffin (1928-2016), Princeton, NJ [1]; 2016

Notes:
[1] According to Komor receipt, on file (F389).

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