Object Details
- Collection History
- Found by Floro Morrofú and other local boys washing out of the ground in the mid 1920s; acquired from them by the landowner, José A. Gayoso (1898-1970); purchased by MAI from José A. Gayoso in 1928.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- probably Chavín or Cupisnique (archaeological culture) (attributed)
- Collector
- Floro Morrofú, Non-Indian
- Previous owner
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Seller
- José A. Gayoso (José Galloso), Non-Indian, 1898-1970
- Date created
- 1300–200 BC (Formative period)
- Object Name
- Ornaments
- Media/Materials
- Gold, silver
- Techniques
- Hammered, repoussé, modeled, wrapped
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
