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Six Beads

Moche

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Moche. Six Beads, 500–600(?). Gilt copper, hammered with shell and stone inlays, Diameter: 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 in. Brooklyn Museum, Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc., 86.224.197. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Culture

Moche

Title

Six Beads

Date

500–600(?)

Period

Early Intermediate Period

Medium

Gilt copper, hammered with shell and stone inlays

Classification

Ornament

Dimensions

Diameter: 1 1/4 - 1 1/2 in.

Credit Line

Gift of the Ernest Erickson Foundation, Inc.

Accession Number

86.224.197

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Artists and makers

Moche

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