GENERAL DESCRIPTION
Prestige was conveyed not only through finely woven textiles, such as tunics, mantles, and headdresses, but also through facial and bodily ornaments. In particular, ear ornaments were common status markers in the Andes for over 3,000 years. Nose ornaments were popular from the Early Horizon (900-200 BCE), varying in size and elaboration. This elaborate silver object with an excised figural scene may have once served as a nose or headdress ornament.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.991; 1983.W.992; 1976.W.997; 1976.W.1000.a–b], 2015.
NOTES
- Chimú, Late Intermediate Period, 1200-1400, updated by KJones in TMS on 06/01/15, 01/22/16, and 03/10/16.
- Updated geography and dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: north coast, A.D. 1100–1440.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 8, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
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Chimú: AAT: 300017316
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
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
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
nose ornaments (jewelry): AAT: 300211628
headdress: AAT: 300046023
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
figures (representations): 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
standing: AAT: 300239500
crescent (motif): AAT: 300165510
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
platforms (general): AAT: 300375665
prestige: AAT: 300343604
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
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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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- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Chimu - Late Intermediate Period. **No number. Two sheet metal ornaments similar to metal found appliqued to carved wooden litter backs, both excellent."
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General Description
Prestige was conveyed not only through finely woven textiles, such as tunics, mantles, and headdresses, but also through facial and bodily ornaments. In particular, ear ornaments were common status markers in the Andes for over 3,000 years. Nose ornaments were popular from the Early Horizon (900-200 BCE), varying in size and elaboration. This elaborate silver object with an excised figural scene may have once served as a nose or headdress ornament.
Adapted from
Kimberly L. Jones, PhD, Inca: Conquests of the Andes / Los Incas y las conquistas de los Andes, Label text [1983.W.991; 1983.W.992; 1976.W.997; 1976.W.1000.a–b], 2015.
Fun Facts
- In his 1976 report, Junius B. Bird, curator emeritus of South American archaeology at the American Museum of Natural History, notes: "Chimu - Late Intermediate Period. **No number. Two sheet metal ornaments similar to metal found appliqued to carved wooden litter backs, both excellent."
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Notes
- Chimú, Late Intermediate Period, 1200-1400, updated by KJones in TMS on 06/01/15, 01/22/16, and 03/10/16.
- Updated geography and dates in TMS to reflect Inca label -- Perú: north coast, A.D. 1100–1440.
- Fun Facts Source: Junius B. Bird Report, 1/26/1976, p. 8, TMS, Notes / Text Entries, Attribution.
Catalogue essays
Artist/designers
Cultures
Chimú: AAT: 300017316
Geography
Peru (nation): TGN: 1000056
Process/materials
silver (metal): AAT: 300011029
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
Late Intermediate Period: AAT: 300017313
Individuals
Subject terms
jewelry: AAT: 300209286
ornaments: AAT: 300266794
nose ornaments (jewelry): AAT: 300211628
headdress: AAT: 300046023
birds (motifs): AAT: 300375751
figures (representations): 300189808
profiles (figures): AAT: 300123319
standing: AAT: 300239500
crescent (motif): AAT: 300165510
geometric motifs: AAT: 300009764
circles (plane figures): AAT: 300055627
lines (geometric concept): AAT: 300056279
platforms (general): AAT: 300375665
prestige: AAT: 300343604
shiny (shine): AAT: 300065244
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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