Forehead Ornament
100 BC-700
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Forehead Ornament, 100 BC-700. Peru, South Coast, Nasca style (100 BC-AD 700). Hammered gold alloy; overall: 27.4 x 9.3 cm (10 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.509 Tumbaga is an alloy made by blending gold with copper, which may give the gold a rosy hue.
- Maker/Artist
- Maker Unknown
- Classification
- Jewelry
- Formatted Medium
- hammered gold alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 27.4 x 9.3 cm (10 13/16 x 3 11/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1940.509
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 232 Andean
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