Headdress Ornament
c. 300 BC-AD 200
Maker Unknown
Art of the Americas
Headdress Ornament, c. 300 BC-AD 200. Peru, South Coast, Paracas. Hammered and embossed gold-copper alloy; overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, The Norweb Collection 1940.510 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 and embossed gold-copper alloy
- Medium
- hammered, embossed, gold-copper, alloy
- Dimensions
- Overall: 5.2 x 4.6 cm (2 1/16 x 1 13/16 in.)
- Departments
- Art of the Americas
- Accession Number
- 1940.510
- Credit Line
- The Norweb Collection
- Rights Statement
- CC0
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