Nose Ornament with Decapitators and Human Heads

c. 100–300 CE Overall: 8.8 x 14 cm (3 7/16 x 5 1/2 in.) Source image
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A crucial element of Moche royal regalia was the nose ornament, whose imagery varies from benign to predatory. One ornament here depicts a human head, perhaps a ruler’s portrait, flanked by birds that attack human victims. In another, two supernatural decapitators brandish kni...

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