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GROUP <strong>OF</strong> ELEVEN LATE PARACAS<br />
GOLD ORNAMENTS<br />
Ca. 300 – 100 B. C.<br />
Including four sheet gold headbands, each in the form of a stylized<br />
stingray with tapering wings outspread and embossed with large<br />
circular eyes, lips drawn in a grin, one further ornamented with<br />
curling motifs, one with whiskers, pierced at the sides; together with<br />
three roundels, a ten petaled fl ower ornament, two smaller stingray<br />
bands and a stylized feather; all pierced for attachment.<br />
Lengths 2.5 to 30 cm<br />
Cf. Lavalle, Paracas, pls. 178-179<br />
Paracas gold ornaments characteristically exhibit graphic repousse<br />
designs on thin sheet gold.<br />
€ 5 500 – 7 500<br />
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*157<br />
CHIMU GOLD DIADEM<br />
Ca. A. D. 1100-1300<br />
Of thick section pierced twice at the corner for attachment.<br />
Length 58 cm<br />
Cf. Gallo, LIX, top<br />
€ 1 500 – 2 500<br />
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CHIMU GOLD HEADBAND<br />
Ca. A. D.1100-1300<br />
Of thick section with tapering end.<br />
Length 56 cm<br />
€ 1 000 – 1 500