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South America - Peru
Sicán / Lambayeque
Gold & Metals Exhibit
700 A.D. - 1370 A.D. |
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Sicán / Lambayeque
Utility Objects
Ornamental Utility
Objects |
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Sican
Double-spout-and-bridge bottle, A.D. 8001370
- Hammered gold - H. 8 3/8" (21.2 cm); W. 9 7/8" (25 cm), - D. 5 5/8" (14.4
cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Figural Flask
Peru, North Coast, Lambayeque Valley, Sicán, 9th-15th Century hammered and
embossed gold alloy Overall: 8.7cm x 4.2cm
Cleveland Museum of Art |
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Gold ceremonial cup
Museo Larco
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Sicán / Lambayeque
Kero Drinking Beakers
Sican Kero Drinking Vessels |
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Gold Cup - Sicán - Peru (North
Coast) - Cup, A.D. 850-1050
Worcester Art Museum |
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Silver Cup - Sicán - Peru (North
Coast) - Cup, A.D. 850-1050
National Museum Of Peru |
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Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán - c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 7 in.
Saint Petersburg (FL) Museum
of Fine Arts
Collection |
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Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán - c. 700-1100
Gold hammered and embossed with Chrisocola
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Gold Effigy Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 7 3/4 inches high
Saint Petersburg (FL)
Museum of Fine Arts
Collection |
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Gold Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed, 6 in.
Saint Petersburg (FL) Museum
of Fine Arts
Collection |
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Gold Effigy Beaker (Kero)
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250
Gold hammered and embossed
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Gold Beaker (Kero) with Inlaid
Chrisocola -
Peru, Sicán, c. 950-1250 - Gold hammered and embossed
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Kero Beaker with inlaid polished stones
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Sican
Kero with Figure Attached, A.D. 8001370 -
Hammered gold
H. 8 3/8" (21.4 cm); W. 4 1/8" (10.4 cm), D. 7" (17.9 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Lambayeque Kero beakers
Museo Banco Central de la Reserva del Peru
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Sican Kero Beaker
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Kero beaker
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Kero Beaker
Peru, North Coast, Sicán
c. 800-1370 hammered and embossed, and soldered gold alloy Overall: 15.2cm x
12cmCleveland Museum of Art |
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Sican Beaker
Museo Larco
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Gold Ceremonial Vase Lambayeque 653 - 1,203 years ago (800 – 1350 CE)
Museo Larco
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Double-walled beaker with repoussé
decoration, 14th–15th century; Lambayeque (Sicán)/Chimú
North Coast
Silver; H. 6 in. (15.2 cm), Diam. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm)
Denver Art Museum |
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Sicán Gold Plates
Plates and discs Of
The Sican |
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Gold plate with copper trim and radial sun
pattern Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold plate with radial sun pattern
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold plate with copper trim and radial sun
pattern Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Sicán Tumi Objects
Ceremonial Knives Of
The Sican |
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Tumi Knife - Lambayeque – Sican
(700 – 1100 DC.).
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Tumi Knife -
Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).
National Museum Of Peru |
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Tumi Knife -
Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.). |
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Tumi Knife -
Lambayeque – Sican (700 – 1100 DC.).
Back & Front
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Sicán Crowns
Crowns from the
Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture |
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Shows how the crown and headdress fit
together Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold Tumi shaped "Tocadero" head piece
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Tubular gold crown with cross pattern
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Tubular gold crown with diamond pattern
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Tubular gold crown with wave design
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental gold and jewel head piece/band
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold and silver allow Tumi head pieces
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold "Tocadero" head piece
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold headdress
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold headdress
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Feather style headdress
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Feather style headdress
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Feather style headdress
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold and silver Tumi style headpiece
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Sican / Lambayeque
Hair Pin, A.D. 8001370 Hammered gold and silver H. 13" (33.1 cm); W. 4 7/8"
(12.5 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Gold Lambayeque Crown
Museo Larco
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Sicán Ornamental objects
Ornamental
pre-columbian gold designs designs or motifs |
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A Sican Nobleman in full ornamentation
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A Sican Nobleman in full ornamentation |
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A sheet of embossed gold ready to cut out
the individual pieces Museo
Nacional Sicán |
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Gold Nose cover piece
Museo Nacional Sicán
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bird shaped gold broach
Museo Larco
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Gold Mask
Peru, 3rd-10th Century gold Overall: 7cm x 8.6cm
Cleveland Museum of Art |
Sicán Pendant Ornaments
Ornamental objects worn by the Sican |
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Gold double bird pendant Lambayeque
Museo Larco
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Gold double bird pendant Lambayeque
Museo Larco
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Sicán Hand Wrist & Neck Ornaments
Ornamental objects worn on the
hands, wrists, and neck of the Sican |
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Sican Gold & Chrisocola Tumi
Lecklace
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Necklace of 20 gold star shaped bells
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Sican style Arm - Batan Grande, Lambayeque, Peru -
Arm, A.D. 8001370 - Hammered gold inlaid with turquoise - L. 8" (20.2 cm);
W. 2 7/8" (7.3 cm); D. 1 3/4" (4.4 cm)
Dumbarton Oaks Collection |
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Sican style Arm - Batan Grande, Lambayeque, Peru -
Arm, A.D. 8001370 - Hammered gold
Gold Museum Of Peru
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Gold alloy bracelet
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Gold bead lambayeque necklace
Museo Larco
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Gold lambayeque necklace
Museo Larco
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Sicán Ear Ornaments
Plates, discs, and designs to be
ears of the Sican |
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Sican nobleman headwear Showing ear discs |
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Gold and jade ear piece with animal motif
(tapir?) Museo Nacional Sicán
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Gold filigreed ear piece
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold ear spools with avian motif
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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pair of gold ear pieces
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Sican Style Ear Stud
National Museum Of Peru |
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Silver ear pieces
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold ear spools
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental gold ear pieces
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Silver Ear piece
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Earspool - A.D. 900–1375
Gold - H. 4 1/4 in. (10.8 cm)
Indiana University Art Museum |
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Sicán Textile Ornaments
Plates, discs, and designs to be
applied to textiles of
the Sican |
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Gold textile ornaments
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornate gold ornamental plaque
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental gold figure
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Ornamental gold plaque
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Gold ornamental spiral
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Small ornamental mask
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Gold Lambayeque ornament
Museo Larco
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Gold textile ornaments
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold Lambayeque ornament
Museo Larco
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Gold Lambayeque ornament
Museo Larco
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Gold Lambayeque ornament
Museo Larco
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Sicán Armor
Body Armor from the
Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture |
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Shoulder armor
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Back piece of gold tunic
Museo Nacional Sicán
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Silver alloy front waist guard armor
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Front Piece of gold tunic
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold plated rear waist guard armor
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold plated rear waist guard armor
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold Forearm Armor
Museo Larco
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Front Piece of gold tunic
Museo Larco
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Sicán Metal Weapons
Blowguns and other metal weapons Of
The Sican |
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Gold blowgun
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold Blowgun
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Bronze spear tip
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Bronze spear tips
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Tumi knife
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Bronze spear tip
Museo Nacional Sicán |
Sicán Standrads
Standards & Banners from the
Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture |
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Ornamental Gold alloy Standard (Banner)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental multi-piece standard (was
originally mounted on cloth banner/flag that had disintegrated)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental multi-piece standard (was mounted
on copper banner that had disintegrated)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental multi-piece standard (was mounted
on copper banner that had disintegrated)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental multi-piece standard in the shape
of a Tumi (was mounted on copper/Tumbaga banner that had disintegrated)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Ornamental multi-piece standard (was
originally mounted on cloth banner/flag that had disintegrated)
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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two Ornamental multi-piece standards in the
shape of a Tumi (was mounted on copper/Tumbaga banner that had
disintegrated) Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Gold standard
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Complex uniquely shaped "Feather" style gold
and copper standard Museo Nacional
Sicán |
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Sicán Figurines
Human and animal figurines from the
Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture |
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Blowgun figurine
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Sicán Funerary Masks
Funerary Masks from the
Sicán (Lambayeque) Culture |
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Funerary Mask, 10th–11th century - Peru; Sicán (Lambayeque) - Gold,
cinnabar, copper overlays; W. 19 1/2 in. (49.5 cm)
Metropolitan Museum |
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Sicán Mask
National Museum Of Peru
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Sicán Mask
Including headband and standard as headdress
National Museum Of Peru
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Sicán Gold & Emerald Mask
Gold Museum Of Peru |
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Sicán funerary mask with
feathers
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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Sicán funerary mask
Museo Nacional Sicán |
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