April 16, 2024
Moche,diadem crown tumbaga (mix of gold and copper),Precolumbian,Mochica, Chimu
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Moche gold owl form ornamentThe Moche, one of the great ancient civilizations of the world, occupiedthe north coast of Peru from approximately 100 AD to 800 ADMoche, diadem crown tumbaga (mix of gold and copper),Precolumbian,MochicaAn ancient Scythian gold headband with relief sculpture. This is a gold Gilded crown of Lord moche( It is 10.5 inches high x 12.5 inches width )Headdress Crown. Culture: Moche (Loma Negra) Silvered copper, gilded copper tumbaga (mix of gold and copper)tumbaga (mixture of gold and copper) Mochica gilded with copper alloy with gold as seen in the photo and then with a thin layer of golden tumbaga. rolled tumbaga gold.Tumbaga: it is the name that the Spanish gave to an alloy of gold and copper that the indigenous goldsmiths of America made.This is a golden crown which was worn by those personages who exhibited the greatest political and religious power in the Moche society of ancient Peru. For the archaeological evidence of similar findings of headdresses in funerary contexts in the northern coast of Peru, we can say that this type of crown identified the powerful personages, those with the capacity to mediate between the earthly and the heavenly world or world of the gods, and between the inner world or world of the dead. The iconography of these frontal ornaments clearly corresponds to the symbolism of
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