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Ear ornament part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of mining engineer Roscoe P. Conkling (1877-1971) and possibly acquired by him between 1918 and 1926 while he worked in South America for a mining and smelting company; purchased by MAI from Roscoe Conkling in 1926.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 900–1470 (Late Intermediate Period)
- Catalog Number
- 14/7745
- Barcode
- 147745.000
- Culture/People
- probably Chimú (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Roscoe P. Conkling, Non-Indian, 1877-1971
- Seller
- Roscoe P. Conkling, Non-Indian, 1877-1971
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Object Name
- Ear ornament part/fragment (Image withheld, pending review)
- Media/Materials
- Silver
- Techniques
- Hammered
- Place
- Ancón; Ancón; Ancón District; Lima Province; Peru
- See related items
- Chimú (archaeological culture)
- Adornment/Jewelry
- Record ID
- NMAI_158739
- Usage
- CC0
