Ear ornament with winged runner
Gift and Bequest of Alice K. Bache, 1966, 1977
Catalogue
- Year
- 400
- Dimensions
- H. 3 3/4 × W. 3 7/8 × D. 3 1/4 in. (9.5 × 9.8 × 8.3 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Moche
Artist
Ceramics
The Moche civilization flourished in northern Peru from about 100 to 800 AD, during the Regional Development Epoch. The capital of a Southern Moche polity was near present-day Moche, Trujillo, Peru, with several other, possibly independent, regions under Moche influence.
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Record
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- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
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