Headdress Ornament

c. 300 BCE–200 CE Overall: 6.8 cm (2 11/16 in.) Source image
https://clevelandart.org/art/1938.432

Gold ornaments have been discovered among the innermost wrappings of Paracas mummy-bundles, and were probably personal possessions of the deceased. The embossed image in the center of each ornament is a deity face, characterized by protruding eyes and a grinning, toothy mouth....

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