Disk

Date1100/1400

MediumSilver

Dimensionsdiameter: 13½ in.
34.3 cm

ClassificationsMetalwork

Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund and funds from Richard A. Manoogian

Object number1993.56

DescriptionLarge silver disk intricately decorated with four repousse concentric bands surrounding a burnished plain center boss. The inner band is composed of pairs of human headed serpents separated by long-beaked birds; the following band with fish-bodied Chimu warriors surrounded by four small birds and alternating with opposed feline heads; the next band with seated lords wearing flaring lunate headdresses separated by double bird-headed snakes; the outermost with pairs of human-headed serpents separated by various birds. Four pairs of perforations exist on the interior of the disk and one pair on the perimeter.

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