Nose Ornament with Serpents and Long-necked Birds
https://clevelandart.org/art/2005.177
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...
Artifact
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163755
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en
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import
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2005.177
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Terms
Technique
gold alloy and silver
Medium
gold alloy and silver
Genre
Metalwork
Department
Art of the Americas
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