Earflare Frontal

Unknown Artist

10th–13th century

Earflare Frontal by Unknown Artist

Medium

Shell, red pigment (cinnabar), iron-based metal (inlays probably pyrite)

Dimensions

Diam. 1 in. (2.5 cm)

Classification

Shell-Ornaments

Culture

Huastec

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Michael C. Rockefeller Memorial Collection, Bequest of Nelson A. Rockefeller, 1979

Accession Number

1979.206.1015

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