1983.W.1766 Ornament in the form of an animal face (Peru, Moche)


GENERAL DESCRIPTION  

NOTES
Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–450 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on TMS, 10/15/13, 12/02/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, 02/26/16, and 07/28/16.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
Gilded copper, shell, and greenstone
gilding (technique): AAT: 300053789
gilding (material): AAT: 300379350
copper (metal): AAT: 300011020
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
shell inlay (decorations): DMA
greenstone (rock): AAT: 300386691
casting (process): AAT: 300053104
casts (sculpture): AAT: 300047806
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
metalwork: AAT: 300015336

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
creatures: AAT: 300379697
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
deities: AAT: 300343850
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
feline (cat-like): DMA
bat (animal): AAT: 300310316
fangs (teeth): DMA
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
ears (human and animal components): DMA
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
power: AAT: 300374809
prestige: AAT: 300343604
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
green (color): AAT: 300128438
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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Notes
Moche, Early Intermediate Period, 200–450 CE (noted on TMS), updated by KJones on TMS, 10/15/13, 12/02/13, 06/19/14, 02/05/16, 02/26/16, and 07/28/16.

Cultures
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619

Geography 
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056

Process/materials
Gilded copper, shell, and greenstone
gilding (technique): AAT: 300053789
gilding (material): AAT: 300379350
copper (metal): AAT: 300011020
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
shell inlay (decorations): DMA
greenstone (rock): AAT: 300386691
casting (process): AAT: 300053104
casts (sculpture): AAT: 300047806
solder: AAT: 300010993
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
annealing: AAT: 300053886
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
metalwork: AAT: 300015336

Historical periods
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280

Individuals

Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
creatures: AAT: 300379697
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
deities: AAT: 300343850
myth: AAT: 300201023
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
feline (cat-like): DMA
bat (animal): AAT: 300310316
fangs (teeth): DMA
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
ears (human and animal components): DMA
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
power: AAT: 300374809
prestige: AAT: 300343604
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
green (color): AAT: 300128438
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164

RELATED OBJECTS 

PROVENANCE 
Until 1976: Nora and John Wise, New York [1]

1976-1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, on long-term loan from the above [1], [2]

From 1983: Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, the Nora and John Wise Collection, bequest of John Wise [1], [2]

[1] The main source for this provenance is existing information in TMS. Exceptions and other supporting documents are noted.

[2] The name of the Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, founded in 1933, was changed to the Dallas Museum of Art in 1983.

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animals (Animalia kingdom): AAT: 300249395
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Pre-Columbian (American): AAT: 300016619
figures (representations): AAT: 300189808
deities: AAT: 300343850
myth: AAT: 300201023
masks (costume): AAT: 300138758
faces (animal or human components): AAT: 300251798
mythical or legendary beings: AAT: 300375725
shell (animal material): AAT: 300011829
shell inlay (decorations): DMA
heads (representations): AAT: 300262520
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
green (color): AAT: 300128438
nobility (nobles / aristocracy): AAT: 300025942
metalwork: AAT: 300015336
power: AAT: 300374809
lions (animals/panthera leo species): AAT: 300310388
copper (metal): AAT: 300011020
repoussé: AAT: 300054023
ceremonial costume: AAT: 300210387
sheet metal: AAT: 300223016
chasing (metalworking): AAT: 300054016
embossing (technique): AAT: 300053826
prestige: AAT: 300343604
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
social status: AAT: 300065206
symmetry: AAT: 300056249
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
supernatural (concepts): AAT: 300055947
mouths (animal or human components): DMA
jaguar (animals): AAT: 300310389
solder: AAT: 300010993
annealing: AAT: 300053886
feline (cat-like): DMA
Moche: AAT: 300017287
Moche (river): TGN: 7016595
Early Intermediate period (Pre-Columbian Andean styles and periods): AAT: 300017280
ritual objects: AAT: 300312158
casting (process): AAT: 300053104
gilding (material): AAT: 300379350
creatures: AAT: 300379697
eyes (animal or human components): AAT: 300400484
gilding (technique): AAT: 300053789
ears (human and animal components): DMA
teeth (animal components): AAT: 300400467
casts (sculpture): AAT: 300047806
turquoise (mineral): AAT: 300011164
bat (animal): AAT: 300310316
fangs (teeth): DMA
ocelots (animals/leopardis pardalis species/leopardus genus): AAT: 300310364
greenstone (rock): AAT: 300386691
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