Shield with owl figure

Moche artist(s)

500–800 CE

Shield with owl figure by Moche artist(s)

Medium

Gilded copper, silvered copper, shell, beads, fibers, organic pseudomorphs

Dimensions

H. 10 1/2 × W. 10 1/2 × D. 1 in. (26.7 × 26.7 × 2.5 cm)

Classification

Metal-Ornaments

Culture

Moche

Department

Arts of Africa, Oceania, and the Americas

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Jane Costello Goldberg, from the Collection of Arnold I. Goldberg, 1986

Accession Number

1987.394.56

Tags

Owls

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