A superb Moche-Chimu Silvered Pectoral, ca. 800 - 1250 CE Medium - Iron Landmarks and Law Grounds: Men

Landmarks and Law Grounds: Men of the Desert

1999 North by North East: Landscape & Ceremonial paintings from Utopia

Missouri acquired from Galerie du Sycomore

private Virginia collection

two amulets are almost always found together -- the carpenter's set square

A superb Moche-Chimu Silvered Pectoral, ca. 800 - 1250 CE Medium - Iron Landmarks and Law Grounds: MenFinely wrought pectorals (chest ornaments) have been excavated at Chimu sites, and Moche ceramic vessels depict dignitaries wearing such collars. This superb example comprises thirteen large silvered copper pendants of long tapered forms, each decorated with a repousse head of a chief wearing earspools and a large crescent form headdress. Every one of the matching pendants is perforated through the top and bottom edges for suspension. The pectorals