Pair of Ear Flare Frontals
https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.429
These gold discs, each with the image of a richly dressed Chimú lord, originally were attached to the fronts of ear ornaments equipped with long, thick shafts that passed through the ear lobes. Such ornaments were important markers of wealth and elite status.
Artifact
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id
117820
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contentType
object
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citation
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rights
CC0
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rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| wikidata |
wikidata
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"Q80012596"
]
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| source |
source
import
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| accession |
accession
1938.429
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Source image fields (4)
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| largeImageUrl | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.429/1938.429_web.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1938.429/1938.429_web.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
Terms
Technique
hammered gold alloy
Medium
hammered gold alloy
Genre
Jewelry
Department
Art of the Americas
Relations
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