Headdress Ornament
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This two-pronged frontlet would have been attached to a headdress. Along with three others, this headdress is among the most important symbols of power from the funerary bundle of the Señora de Cao, or the Lady of Cao.
Esta placa con dos extensiones probablemente estaba fijada a un tocado. Junto con tres otros, este tocado es uno de los símbolos de poder más importantes del conjunto funerario de la Señora de Cao.
Esta placa con dos extensiones probablemente estaba fijada a un tocado. Junto con tres otros, este tocado es uno de los símbolos de poder más importantes del conjunto funerario de la Señora de Cao.
Artwork Details
- Title: Headdress Ornament
- Date: ca. 400 CE
- Geography: Peru
- Culture: Moche
- Medium: Gilded copper
- Dimensions: H. 13 3/8 × W. 16 15/16 × L. 1/8 in. (34 × 43 × 0.3 cm)
- Classification: Metalwork-Ornaments
- Credit Line: Museo Cao, Magdalena de Cao, Peru, Ministerio de Cultura del Perú (PACEB-F4-00065)
- Curatorial Department: The Michael C. Rockefeller Wing