Animal figure
Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; formerly in the collection of José A. Gayoso (1898-1970, a landowner in Chongoyape, Peru, who sidelined in excavating and selling antiquities); donated to MAI by José Gayoso in 1931.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Date created
- AD 100–700 (Early Intermediate to Middle Horizon period)
- Catalog Number
- 18/1333
- Barcode
- 181333.000
- Culture/People
- probably Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Donor
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Object Type
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Object Name
- Animal figure
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Hammered, repoussé, stitched
- Place
- Lambayeque Region; Peru
- See related items
- Moche (Mochica) (archaeological culture)
- Sculpture/Carving/Figures
- Record ID
- NMAI_194030
