Object Details
- Collection History
- Collection history unknown; acquired by MAI through an exchange with art and antiquities dealer Leon Buki in 1973.
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- Data Source
- National Museum of the American Indian
- Culture/People
- possibly Circumpuna Andes: Humahuaca-Inka style (archaeological) (attributed)
- Previous owner
- Leon Buki, Non-Indian
- Date created
- AD 1000–1500 (Late Intermediate to Inka period)
- Object Name
- Ear ornament
- Media/Materials
- Gold
- Techniques
- Hammered, bent
- Object Type
- Adornment/Jewelry
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