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ear-spool
Object Type
ear-spool
Museum number
Am1920,1013.1.a-b
Description
Pair of incised ear-spools
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Ancon
, graves
Materials
gold
Dimensions
Diameter:
3.50 centimetres
(a&b)
Depth:
1.50 centimetres
(a&b)
Bibliographic references
Coutts 1990 / Sweat of the Sun: Gold of Peru: Catalogue of an exhibition of Peruvian treasures/ City of Edinburgh Art Centre, 1 August - 30 September 1990
(pp.95, 101. Cat. no. 257, 258)
Location
Not on display
Exhibition history
Exhibited: 1996, London, Museum of Mankind (Room 1), 'Gilded Image' 2014 May-Sep, Norwich Castle Museum, 'The Wonder of Birds'
Acquisition name
Donated by:
G Lockett
Acquisition date
1920
Department
Africa, Oceania and the Americas
Registration number
Am1920,1013.1.a-b
Conservation
Treatment
: 07 May 1996
Treatment
: 07 May 1996
Treatment
: 18 Feb 2014